by Melissa Arnold

Created on: March 11, 2010

Only those who don’t take the time to understand that dogs are still dogs despite how ‘domesticated’ society ‘claims’ they are, are foolish enough to think that there is no Pack Leader role and that humans cannot fulfill this role. 

Thousands of people today live with unruly, disobedient, head strong dogs that are both terrorizing their own house and everyone in it. Perhaps because of this, many believe it is impossible to be a “Pack Leader” to these dogs because they have felt that they have done everything to train them and yet nothing works. In truth, what we haven’t done is communicate that “Humans are the Leaders”.

If you don’t believe the above statement, all you must do is look towards the professional Dog Trainers and Breeders who display their dogs at professional Dog Shows and watch how these dogs behave behind scenes, while being groomed for hours, and while being asked to run alongside their human companions in front of dozens of distractions. Could your dog behave so well? You will quickly see that these dogs are very obedient and attentive to their handlers and are not nipping the Judge or running ahead on the Show Ring or trying to attack or bark at the other dogs or people.

Why?

Because these Dog Breeders and Trainers and Handlers have learned “How to be a Pack Leader”.

However we don’t need to watch Dog Shows to know that dogs can accept humans as Pack Leaders. Dogs do not have to listen to us when we give them commands, and they don’t have to learn them if they don’t want too. Clearly then, they are willing to listen to our direction and this falls directly on the fact that Dogs like Wolves ‘need’ to communicate with each other to survive and thrive. Face facts – if Dogs did not need Pack Leaders they would much be like cats who do not live in groups and hunt by themselves. No group of animals or people can survive together successfully without a Leader and every Species (ex. Lions and Gorillas) that live in groups that we know of has a Leader, and Dogs are no different.

Canines in the Wild

In the wild they can only survive by communicating among each member in the Pack, and their survivability as a Species especially is dependent on a Leader.  Without a Leader, who decides where to travel? What territory to claim? Who will birth the new generation of wolves? Who will nanny these wolves? Where shall the den site be? What

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