The Dog Dominance Myth

This page is being used for test purposes. Please choose another page from the sidebar. Thank you. Join The Wag Team Sign me up We respect your privacy. Unsubscribe at anytime. Powered By ConvertKit An InLinkz Link-up This is another test of the photo link up. An InLinkz Link-up One of the things I often hear about dogs is that they are always trying to be dominant. It comes up in advice that is sometimes given about dog training. For example, that you should always eat before your dog, otherwise it will think that it is dominant; that you shouldn't let your dog walk in front of you, or go through a door ahead of you, or win a game of tug of war. It makes people's relationships with their dogs sound like a constant battle. Fortunately it's not true. This idea of dominance comes from what I'll loosely call 'pack theory', and is based on studies of captive wolves. In a captive wol