Pack Leader in a Human/Canine Pack

  • By Katie Rourke
  • 27 Oct, 1992

Resource article

Introduction - pack structure

Any group of people and dogs residing in a house will result in the formation of a pack. A pecking order will naturally establish itself, the bossiest and most persistent usually ending up as a pack leader. The dogs see their position simply as "we are one pack united", humans tend to think "we are one family and a few dogs". This difference of opinion causes confusion… 
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Written by Katie Rourke for the Canine Human Interface Course run by the John Fisher at the Animal Care College, United Kingdom on the 27th October 1992
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