Who is Alpha?

[Sudilar]

Killian is alpha dog, but an even-tempered ruler with a gentle paw. Shiloh gets away with almost anything and if there is something he doesn't like, all he does is show her "alien face" (very scary, all teeth) and she backs off. (Who wouldn't!) Shiloh loves and respects Killian, but with any other dog, she is dominant. There are only rare occasions when Killian gives her the face (usually when she runs full speed at him, barking, in the yard). I must say that they get along very well. Killian gets respect from any dog that he meets. There is never an altercation with him and he even steps in to block Shiloh and I from loose dogs on our walks. He is fearless and I think he gets that across.

Of course, the humans in the household are in charge and the dogs both know that.