Sentences with phrase «group of alpha dogs»

Not exact matches

James Harding's Alpha Dogs: How Spin Became a Global Business (Atlantic Books, # 22.00) is about the highly successful Sawyer Miller Group of spin doctors who worked for politicians and corporate leaders, and included at one time Mark Malloch Brown, now a foreign office minister.

It's ironic to use a wild dog term, but Neeson's character is the alpha male of the group.

Since dogs are pack animals and have instinctively been organized in social groups to survive and thrive, the alpha role is arguably part of the equation.

What is more, the formation of these dog packs was supposedly based on the desire or drive of certain dogs to be the alpha or top dog of the group, and the resulting hierarchy was based on competitive success.

You do this by first establishing your role as the «Alpha dog», the leader of the group, and then either teaching new rules or correcting bad behavior.

With breed bans gaining popularity, shelters and rescue groups wondering what «temperament test» to use, veterinary staff dreading to see certain patients on the appointment log, and dog owners being told the importance of «being alpha», it's no wonder that confusion is rampant in identifying high risk dogs, creating effective public policies, and preventing and resolving aggression problems.