Pack leaders determine when to use aggression - not lower
ranking members of the pack.
They determine who is the highest and lowest
ranking member of their pack.
Instead, their lives are more or less controlled by the high -
ranking member of their pack — the ALPHA.
Not exact matches
In a
pack, the less dominant
members of the group would take a portion
of the kill and move to a safe, distant location to eat in peace and to avoid being challenged by higher
ranking pack members.
Simply put, this means that every
member of the
pack knows exactly what its
rank is within the family
pack.
Those pups that bite the hardest and push the most become the higher
ranking pack members of the litter.
Lower
ranking members would not challenge the leader for food, or act aggressively towards a higher
pack member by trying to move the leader out
of his bed.
Rank is almost always communicated through subtle behaviors that each
members of the
pack understands and respects.
For thousands
of years dogs have lived in social groups called
packs and each
pack member has his own position or
rank in the
pack.