Quote Originally Posted by Glacier
Muskwa was an alpha male before his eyes were fully open!
Sequoia as well. She came into our home at 6 weeks old, weighing 2 pounds. By the time she was housetrained 2 weeks later, she was well on her way to the alpha female position. She is by far the smallest and youngest of all our dogs, but she is unquestionably the alpha female.


Quote Originally Posted by Glacier
No wolf ever alpha rolled another wolf unless he meant to inflict injury! Wolves submit to their alphas voluntarily. Dominance is not aggression.
Very true. And almost without fail, a true alpha dog will never hurt another dog. I have never seen Keito so much as make contact with another dog in the twelve years I've had him, yet he is unquestionably the alpha male, of not only our own dogs, but the hundreds of fosters and rescues we've had over the years, from one hundred pound malamutes to pit bulls. He doesn't have to be aggressive, he gives off "the vibe". The most he has to do is raise his lip, snarl, and very rarely scream and lunge.