Must reading for any dog training. Back in the day, when I first got beagles, I followed all that crap but realized rapidly that the beagles didn’t treat each other that way at all, and that treating the beagles the way they treated each other got me further.
You can also let him enter a room before you, and you can let him win at a game of tug of war, all without fearing that you will somehow signal that you are the submissive one and he is in charge. Contrary to long-cherished theories, dogs aren’t competing with us for position in the pack, but are largely performing for our approval.
How we came to misunderstand dogs – Pets. Animals. – Salon.com
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