Quote Originally Posted by Dr.Goodnow
LOL a lot of this doesnt fit my pack at all!, when we raised rotties the bitches ruled period! Emmy Lou wouldnt even hear of a male taking her spot and she was quite smaller than them! and that was after our Poodle died giving her alpha position, the poodle kept them all in line for a very long time (always wondered if they knew how small she was?) as for degrees etc? I have 5 doesn't mean I am any more qualified then the next to give out study findings and assume they are absolute! The point of studies is to create a working hypothesis and then to have it dissected by those that have an opinion or additional information pertaining to it. So your dogs may not be odd they may as it sounds just operate outside the parameters of the control group.
I agree.

Females were, also, always alpha in my house. I've always had many dogs around me and that's just the way it has always been. Woofer had rule over Rowdy, Trixie over Willy, etc. The boys always just seemed really laid back and just kind of hung around and there's never been any spats as far as males versus females go. The females have never really had any spats, either, but they were a lot more quick to get tense or snap. They were more rigid and not so easy going. But that's all just personal experience.