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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  I don't guess I have ever seen with my own eyes out observing feral dogs, wild dog packs, any kind of film footage on TV or read any book or article about an observer seeing, a four-footed pack leader alpha rolling another member of the pack or attacking one. I've never talked to a dog expert who has ever seen one dog alpha rolling another as humans do dogs. Alpha rolling is done voluntarily by a subservient dog wanting to curry favor. |
Exactly. I didn't know how to say this, so I left it alone. Thanks for clarifying. This is actually something I learned from watching Victoria Stillwell. I really like the way she does things and I can't think of a single time I have disagreed with something she has said, but there is no way I can provide that kind of consistency with training. It is not just my laziness, although I admit that is a part; it is mostly my 12 hour night shift schedule where I don't work set days and might work 3 nights one week and 6 or 7 the next. I have decided that cleaning up tootsie rolls and the occasional peepee is just not that big of a deal. Huey has brought so much fun and joy to us that it is worth it. Will I do it differently next time? You betcha I will. Live and learn.
