Looking after your Dog

Showing who's boss

Showing who's boss

Just like us, dogs have a rigid social order, consisting of top challengers, dogs contented with their positions, and under dogs. A wild pack of canine hunters must act as a team and kill to survive. Maintaining this “ pecking order” or hierarch is vital if fights to the death within the pack are to be avoided. The hierarchy is established through ritual displays that reveal the mental and physical strengths and weaknesses of the participants. Once dogs have learned their rank most, content to behave within the bounds that indicates.