The fact is the foundation of pack structure is more important than obedience training — I tell people that hundreds of thousands of dogs go through OB training every year and the vast majority of
dominant dogs come out of training just as dominant as when they started.
Not exact matches
They
came to the conclusion that he is a mixed breed with the
dominant breed being Mountain Cur (tree or hunting
dog).
This doesn't mean your
dog is being
dominant, just as a child isn't being
dominant when grandma
comes by.
Unless the
dog is psychotic, and nearly always that is because the
dog came from a puppy farm, the cause is the
dog's belief that she is the
dominant force in the household.
Thought to be from a
dominant gene, the trait is so strong that most mixed breed
dogs coming from the Chow line carry the trait.
A
dog that
comes to you and tries to force you into petting him when you are reading the paper or working on the computer is displaying a form of a
dominant behavior.
The way the toy poodle breed (and all other «toy» breeds)
came into being was through selective inbreeding of the smallest
dogs in the litters; essentially the breeders applied their understanding of how mutations may be caused to engineering a specific mutation into a
dominant gene.
The vast majority of
dominant dogs that enter training classes
come out of class just as
dominant as before they started.
The resident
dog is usually the
dominant one, but sometimes the new
dog comes out on top.
The blue - black / purple tongue gene appears to be
dominant, as almost all mixed breed
dogs who
come from a Chow retain the tongue color.
In the past, all the females in a wild
dog pack appear to have
come into season at the same time, but only the
dominant female
dogs mated and had puppies.
Are genetic factors in play — does your
dog come from a
dominant, aggressive breed?
A
dominant dog could put himself in danger by refusing to
come when called, especially in a high - traffic area; and could become aggressive with other
dogs, children or adults.
One clue is that in multiple
dog households you often hear owners say that one
dog is «
dominant» over food, while another may be «alpha» over the couch, and a third may be «the pack leader» when it
comes to who's first through the door or who gets to play with which toys.
Making prolonged eye contact or waking him, grooming, handling or restraining your
dog all
come across as
dominant behaviors, which an alpha perceives as a threat.
Akita
dogs have a strong need to appear
dominant and can be extremely strong - headed, which is why
dog breeders are always advised to be very cautious when it
comes to training, since every single detail counts.