Michele McAtee Webboard User Reg: 02-05-2006
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Quote: Linda Henning
For 3 months last winter she vomited regulary with no reason according to the vet.
Is she still vomiting, even intermittantly? IMO, dogs do not vomit for no reason. When you mentioned this, there being no reason, did you mean perhaps she was vomiting due to nerves?
Cameron Feathers Webboard User Reg: 03-11-2008
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Quote: mike j schoonbrood
Dogs are never equal, no matter how well you think you manage a pack, dogs are never equal. They always figure out their own rank one way or another. All you can do is limit the way they do it, but it will happen, and there is no way to change a pack rank. That's the quickest way to creating conflict between the dogs.
The easiest way to deal with it is simply to separate the dogs that don't like to be around other dogs from the rest of them.
To make sure there was no confusion in my response, I used the all dogs are number two to illustrate that what is important for the HUMAN is that they are number one, and prevent inappropriate behavior - without paying any more or less attention to one dog over another, or creating a "false rank". As long as the dogs are able to be around one another when supervised, and not act inappropriately, they stay together. If one is bullying another, I stop it by separation or by direct intervention (if that is all it takes). Of course, the dogs will still hold different ranks and have a pack structure, but what is important to me is that no one breaks MY rules, and all dogs are treated fairly by me. I don't care what position they occupy, I will discipline them all the same for the same offense. If a dog is not able to be around other dogs, then it won't be and I rotate who is out and who is kenneled. Hope this makes sense.
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Jennifer Marshal Webboard User Reg: 08-02-2007
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Yes Sorry Connie thank you for clarifying my points for me.
I did not at all mean that dogs should be left to fight amongst themselves, what I meant was that rank is determined on a dog by dog basis within the pack. The alpha is not the one going around saying ok you are 2, you are 3, you are 5 etc. The alpha can prevent aggression and fights and keep things more or less "fair" between pack members by not allowing fights or scraps etc but the alpha is not determining rank between the pack members by doing this, the alpha is simply now allowing aggression within the pack.
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Re: Dog status in the "pack" - can one be elevated?
[Re: Linda Henning ]
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