to a point. my dogs DO have a pecking order, they DO get pissed off if I dont feed them in their pecking order. I DONT believe they are always trying to dominate me, I DONT always go through doors before them(quite the opposite, I send them ahead of me on purpose). however this is not to say my dogs wont observe ome of these things on their own. Rusty for example will NOT go through doors or gates ahead of me, he simpley wont do it and for the life of me I cannot convince him otherwise lol. my dogs sleep on my bed with me, they sit in my lap, they lick my face and climb on my shoulders etc.. I have never had a issue of my dogs trying pull rank over me, if anything I work with them to not be so bloody submissive toward me, its annoying lol