Phoenix(VFM145) was born in the Frisky mob on August 18, 2008. His mother was Bootle, and his father was Gazebo, the dominant couple at the time. Phoenix was born in a litter of four pups; his three litter-mates were his one brother named Zoltan(VFM146) and two sisters named Athena(VFF144) and Savannah(VFF147). All four pups survived their first three weeks and emerged for the first time, but they were unable to go out foraging with the adults till they were four weeks old. Since his mother was the dominant female of the group, Phoenix and his litter-mates were well looked after. The Frisky were a small group. In January, Phoenix's puphood came to an end when his mother Bootle gave birth to another litter. By then Phoenix and his siblings were five months old. In April 2009, Savannah was s