Quote Originally Posted by auggie
Glacier, you should try to get a book published with all these wonderful stories’s and pictures.
You didn’t have a dog until you met your husband?
This question was asked by someone else in another thread and I would love to hear your answer.

Does the alpha dog treat the other dogs differently? For example, a dog that's not the alpha dog but isn't the lowest in the pack, would the alpha treat him better than the dogs who rank lower than that dog?




Also does the alpha treat females differently from other males?

I didn't have a dog til I met Stuart. I grew up with them--not huskies, but a vast assortment of mutts! Before Stuart, I lived in a condo in Calgary. The condo rules only allowed pets under 20 pounds so I had cats. I adore cats too! Stuart had Muskwa when we met and an ancient GSD he was permanently dog sitting. Muskwa was a crash course in huskies! Cobber was a delightful, crotchety old man. I miss that boy.

In my pack, Muskwa is the alpha dog and he treats everyone fairly equally. There are two exceptions. He has issues with Heyoka. Heyoka is likely to challenge Muskwa someday for top dog and will likely win just due to his sheer size. Muskwa does not like it if Heyoka gets too much attention, especially from Stuart. Right now, a loud "Muskwa, let it go" is enough to get him to leave Heyoka alone. The other exception is Earle. Earle is the only dog here that Muskwa has known since early puppyhood. Muskwa will protect Earle from the other dogs. He can snarl at Earle occasionally, but no one else is allowed to. Earle's very laid back so it's rare Muskwa has to step in anyway.

Muskwa plays with everyone, but normally he initiates play with the subordinate dogs. They sometimes try to start a game with him, but he will ignore them until he wants to play.

He treats the females the same, maybe even a little better. He has great respect for Sleet. She's much older than he is, but occasionally she wants to play. She almost always looks for Muskwa to play with. He's very gentle with her and never tries to play Husky WWF with her. He's also one of the few dogs Goldie will play with. Goldie has issues, but Muskwa gets through to her. I wouldn't leave him alone with Kayleigh. I wouldn't leave any dog with Kayleigh, but they have gone for walks together and she's been fine with him. She's highly dog aggressive so for her to even tolerate his exsistance is fairly major!