Pack Leader or Predator?
One of the constant bits of advice you'll hear from some trainers is: "you have to be your dog's pack leader." This idea has a lot of appeal for most people. "Yes!" they think. "That's what's wrong with my dog. He doesn't see me as his pack leader!"
But according to David Mech, the world's leading experts on wolves, real wolf packs don't have pack leaders, at least not in the traditional sense.
No wolf always walks ahead of the group when they're traveling. They take turns.
No wolf always eats before other members of the group.
No wolf always goes through an opening or crosses a threshold before other members of the group.
No wolf ever puts one of his packmates in an alpha roll.
No wolf tells his packmates how to behave.
Excerpted from: http://www.leecharleskelley.com/ourphilosphy/packleaderorpredator.html
But according to David Mech, the world's leading experts on wolves, real wolf packs don't have pack leaders, at least not in the traditional sense.
No wolf always walks ahead of the group when they're traveling. They take turns.
No wolf always eats before other members of the group.
No wolf always goes through an opening or crosses a threshold before other members of the group.
No wolf ever puts one of his packmates in an alpha roll.
No wolf tells his packmates how to behave.
Excerpted from: http://www.leecharleskelley.com/ourphilosphy/packleaderorpredator.html
