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Aaron Myracle wrote 04/03/2009 03:25 PM Re: Stepping over dog? [Re: Scott Garrett ] #234713 - 04/03/2009 03:25 PM
Aaron Myracle Webboard User Reg: 06-06-2008 Posts: 5062 Loc: WA, USA Offline	No, I'm sure the alpha wolf doesn't go around or over lower pack members. Nor does he give them treats for a good sit/down/roll-over, etc. Nor does he put a collar and leash on them. If dominance was an issue with a specific dog, yes, I would probably make them get out of the way. If the dog is a good dog, and you've known him for years, me personally, I wouldn't worry about it. I'd do whatever was easiest for me- be it moving the dog, stepping over him, or going around.
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steve strom wrote 04/03/2009 03:27 PM Re: Stepping over dog? [Re: Scott Garrett ] #234714 - 04/03/2009 03:27 PM
steve strom Webboard User Reg: 03-17-2006 Posts: 4203 Loc: Offline	Hey Scott, I think you're focusing too much on something very minor.
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Connie Sutherland wrote 04/03/2009 03:29 PM Re: Stepping over dog? [Re: Scott Garrett ] #234715 - 04/03/2009 03:29 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: Scott Garrett .... Does an alpha make lower ranking pack members move The lower ranking pack member is not in the way.
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Connie Sutherland wrote 04/03/2009 03:33 PM Re: Stepping over dog? [Re: steve strom ] #234716 - 04/03/2009 03:33 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: steve strom Hey Scott, I think your focusing too much on something very minor. I do too. It took me a while even to be clear on what the question was (slapping myself for jumping in mid-thread) .... hence my completely unhelpful comments about stepping over and not wanting my dogs (all of whom will hustle not to be in my way and all of whom might hustle in exactly the wrong way as I am stepping over) to trip me up. Alyssa's answer is good, IMHO. If I had dominance issues with a particular dog, I'd be focused on that kind of question (and many others), clarifying throughout every day who's in charge. Otherwise, I'm with Scott on filing it away in the same circular file with the daily-alpha-roll-for-GP stuff.
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Aaron Myracle wrote 04/03/2009 03:41 PM Re: Stepping over dog? [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #234717 - 04/03/2009 03:41 PM
Aaron Myracle Webboard User Reg: 06-06-2008 Posts: 5062 Loc: WA, USA Offline	Quote: connie sutherland ...daily-alpha-roll-for-GP stuff. The coolest of the "old school dominance" stuff was the pack howling, though. If only I could get Danke to howl with me.
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Connie Sutherland wrote 04/03/2009 03:49 PM Re: Stepping over dog? [Re: Aaron Myracle ] #234719 - 04/03/2009 03:49 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: alyssa myracle  Quote: connie sutherland ...daily-alpha-roll-for-GP stuff. The coolest of the "old school dominance" stuff was the pack howling, though. If only I could get Danke to howl with me. Send her over. That Dashchund who taught the local Pug club to howl will fix her right up.
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Aaron Myracle wrote 04/03/2009 04:03 PM Re: Stepping over dog? [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #234720 - 04/03/2009 04:03 PM
Aaron Myracle Webboard User Reg: 06-06-2008 Posts: 5062 Loc: WA, USA Offline	She can howl. She just won't howl for me. She howls for a full minute after I leave the house. I hear her from the driveway. My husband thinks its the funniest thing in the world. I've tried everything in the world to get her to howl, and the ONLY time she'll do it is when I leave. I guess the wolf biologists would call that a "locator howl".
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steve strom wrote 04/03/2009 04:09 PM Re: Stepping over dog? [Re: Aaron Myracle ] #234722 - 04/03/2009 04:09 PM
steve strom Webboard User Reg: 03-17-2006 Posts: 4203 Loc: Offline	I don't know much wolf biology terminology, but I think she's messin with you and your husbands in on it.
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Aaron Myracle wrote 04/03/2009 04:10 PM Re: Stepping over dog? [Re: steve strom ] #234723 - 04/03/2009 04:10 PM
Aaron Myracle Webboard User Reg: 06-06-2008 Posts: 5062 Loc: WA, USA Offline	I wouldn't put it past either of 'em.
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Jennifer Mullen wrote 04/03/2009 05:09 PM Re: Stepping over dog? [Re: Aaron Myracle ] #234735 - 04/03/2009 05:09 PM
Jennifer Mullen Webboard User Reg: 08-16-2007 Posts: 2365 Loc: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Offline	Quote: Alyssa Myracle She can howl. She just won't howl for me. Neither will Neb! (Who, with Husky and a wee bit of Beagle, can howl just fine....he even taught Luc) I've howled and howled to try and get him to join in and he won't. ....My brother did come up to my part of the house and ask what I was doing though.... Teagan!
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