the guy who originally did the study on pack theory has now come out and said it was flawed
And you base all that on "Nameless guy" out of thousands of animal
behaviorists? who's name either escapes you or is not important to mention?
All of the above just lead me back to the thread title..........
Fair point well presented
(And yes I did get it
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Cobra are you trying to say I made up "BFLD which is KOALWITHFAW" lol
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The thought did cross my mind
I hate doing this, I really do.... I will never live it down..... but *deep breath* Chris is Right. There, I said it....
You'll get over it
Insufficient Sun Outside.
Back on track..................
There are two totally separate behavioral issues being discussed here, And unfortunately some are refusing to see one of them.
Using the argue, "I'm always kind to my dogs"
"I train my dogs with kindness".
Its not about the training methods, it's how the dogs see you.
You are in charge (hopefully) and they look to you for guidance.
AKA....................
I also neither subscribe to the habit / belief of Anthropomorphism, or personification.
This always reminds me of the little toy breeds that are dressed up to look like their owners,
or in cute little dress's / tux's
From the early days when the wolves first started scrounging bones / left overs at the cave mans camp fire,
the initially un-easy symbiotic relationship was formed,
they look to up for warmth and food, we looked to them for protection.
And so it has been down through the ages.
Had we not had the presence of mind during those times, to prove who indeed was the dominate species,
we may well have been second course on the menu.
So you don't need to beat a dog into submission.
Just prove, by using their own instincts, who is the Alpha.
Who can deny the fact that when a pup has played up, they've not "nipped it" on the ear,
just like Mum would have.
Or an over boisterous "teenager" (Particularly a larger breed) "testing the hierarchy" in a play fight,
has not been flipped over, to expose its soft parts?
(But of course the worse that happened was they got their tummy / neck rubbed )
So yes, as they don't understand "our social structure", we are using their's to "prove" who in fact the Alpha in the "domestic pack"