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Originally Posted by matese  I have to agree with Marna based on my own personal experience. There has to be a leader / alpha / boss, select any title, it all boils down to being in charge and setting ground rules, what is acceptable, what is not. If there is no leader / alpha / boss you have a dog that rules you. The dog may not see a human as an alpha but sees you as the one in charge. All my dogs were spoiled brats but, when the mama spoke they listened, they knew who was in charge. |
I’m not disagreeing with that at all I’m just disagreeing with the alpha stance. I don’t think people realize how abusive some of the alpha training is to dogs like the whole hold your dog flipped over on its back until it stops wiggling or trying to get away. I’m not saying you don’t need to be in charge at all. I hope you don’t agree with them refusing to read and learn why the alpha theory doesn’t work and has been debunked. Being the “alpha” and being the one in charge are very very different.