Comments on: Cats and Pack Behavior http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/cats-and-pack-behavior/205 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:51:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: WereBear http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/cats-and-pack-behavior/205/comment-page-1#comment-216 WereBear Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:17:28 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=205#comment-216 Excellent point! A dog with a strong "will to power" will respond much better to a negotiated partnership approach. Such dogs feel they have a viewpoint to contribute, and this must be respected. I had a malamute/collie mix who had strong views on house security. Every time I let him override my own judgment, he turned out to be right. And I told him so. Excellent point! A dog with a strong “will to power” will respond much better to a negotiated partnership approach. Such dogs feel they have a viewpoint to contribute, and this must be respected.

I had a malamute/collie mix who had strong views on house security. Every time I let him override my own judgment, he turned out to be right. And I told him so.

]]> By: Katherine http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/cats-and-pack-behavior/205/comment-page-1#comment-215 Katherine Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:37:50 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=205#comment-215 FWIW, research on the wolf packs at Yellowstone is showing that pack behavior in dogs is much more complicated than the condensed version you read about in training books, too. The Alpha dog is much closer to the first among equals than the master of all he surveys. FWIW, research on the wolf packs at Yellowstone is showing that pack behavior in dogs is much more complicated than the condensed version you read about in training books, too. The Alpha dog is much closer to the first among equals than the master of all he surveys.

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