I also believe there are no owners of any animal, only caretakers or guardians. In our house Perry considers his Dad the alpha and looks to him for guidance, however he loves to lay with me on the couch and gives me lots of kisses. Daisy on the other hand believes her and I are on the same alpha plane and I have to work very hard with her to get her to listen to me. She will run to her Dad first, sleep on his lap, but she sleeps next to me. So we are pretty evenly divided, they love both of us and we love both of them. When we go out, Perry is a pretty big Mini Schnauzer so his Dad takes him on his leash, and Daisy is a very small Mini Schnuazer and I take her. No one owns anyone, well maybe they own us, we are just one big happy family.