Re: [OM] Ten

[Andrew Fildes]

And this is not human-dog companionship - it's pure dog. She recognises you as 
pack leader and the others as of indeterminate rank as yet. Possibly because 
you've disciplined her most consistently? She does NOT think that she's a human 
family member, she thinks that you all are a pack of dogs. That's why dogs tend 
to turn on children from time to time - they're challenging them for status 
within the pack as they grow.
Andrew Fildes
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On 24/12/2011, at 2:54 AM, Ken Norton wrote:

> I puzzled over one thing until I realized that thousands of years of
> human-dog companionship has ingrained in certain traits. When I am
> home, she instantly becomes my dog. When I am away she's everybody
> else's dog, but whenever I am there, her first loyalty is to me. It's
> not that she ignores the others, but there is an alertness and
> obedience which transfers to me.

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