Not exact matches
Initially, I was told I'd never succeed at the bar, because the
pecking order in 1977 was white
male, black
male, white female, black female.
Males secretly subvert the
pecking order — going behind the back of their more dominant rivals to court females.
While
males actively challenge their superiors to win higher rank, females accept their position in the social
pecking order, waiting until more senior group members die before moving up the ladder.
In addition, though
males almost always start their adulthoods at the bottom of the
pecking order, the female starting rank varies with each individual.
This occurs most often when the
male is lower in the
pecking order.
Males establish their pecking order against just males and do not tend to mark when being left alone or to show dominance... they just mark when a girl is around who is se
Males establish their
pecking order against just
males and do not tend to mark when being left alone or to show dominance... they just mark when a girl is around who is se
males and do not tend to mark when being left alone or to show dominance... they just mark when a girl is around who is season.
In the dog world females are always alpha and above a
male in the
pecking order.
The tendency towards spraying behavior, however, is higher in non-neutered
males, and usually follows the
pecking order described above.
It sounds to me like your two aggressive pups have decided to try to take this position for themselves, and that the last little
male is at the bottom of the
pecking order.