From what I understand it's true of canines as well.
I'm definitely the alpha at home when I'm present. Linda is the alpha when
I'm not there, but she says the dog's behavior totally changes when I walk
in the door and remains different while I'm present.
If there's an omega it's Dash. She is the one that frequently initiates
play. Dot our other dog appears to discipline her if she is barking or
being, what I percieve, in the dog world to be obnoxious.
Both are quite submissive to the humans in the pack.
Tom C.
From: "Markus Maurer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: PESO - Dash
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:40:36 +0200
Hi William
first, sorry to hear from your loss of Rollei, that was sad news but when I
loaded your Powerpoint presentation in a viewer
helper application inside of Outlook instead of Powerpoint, the slideshow
did not run and I saw only some photos which did it not make clear to me.
My understanding is that there will be one Alpha, a Beta, lots of Gamma's
(the normal members of the group) and an Omega in a "normal" group of
human,
maybe that is not true for a dog or other animal "pack"?
greetings
Markus
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 2:20 PM
>>To: [email protected]
>>Subject: Re: PESO - Dash
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Markus Maurer"
>>Subject: RE: PESO - Dash
>>
>>
>>
>>> But it is my understanding that you or your wife should be the
"Alpha",
>>> not
>>> the other dog ;-)
>>> greetings
>>
>>Alpha is a relative term. The dog we just lost was a very strong willed
>>Alpha male. We never had problems, since we are even stronger
>>willed, but he
>>ruled the other dogs with an iron fist.
>>Where dog owners run into problems is not providing their animals with a
>>consistent pack structure that places the people on top.
>>The dog needs this structure to function as a social animal, and if
their
>>people don't provide it, the dog has no choice but to try to run things
>>himself.
>>In a home environment with neutered animals, even a strong Alpha is
quite
>>willing to take a subservient role to his people, since breeding does
not
>>factor into the dog's behaviour formation, and it is easier to
>>let someone
>>else run the show.
>>
>>William Robb
>>
>>
