BA> Replying to a message of Matt Munson to All:
 
BA>MM> dog sitting is not that fun when you get the new dog trying to force
BA>MM> dominance  on the dogs who regularly live at my place.
 
BA> I suspect that's normal behavior.  My new arrival, Jake - a 40 ob
BA> chow/rottweiler/? mix, tried to assert some dominance over the 
BA> group of (5) dogs that live in the house.  Buddy, a 110 lb black 
BA> lab mix, just ignored him and the others pretty much did the same 
BA> thing.  Jake has since learned that *I* am the dominant male of the 
BA> group.
 
The way to do that when you first get them is blow in their nose.  It's a
method I learned from a dog trainer many years ago and it works.
 
BA> I should note that Jake is the only one of (12) dogs (6 in the house and
BA> 6 in an outside kennel) that isn't neutered.  That's going to 
BA> happen when my tax refund comes in early next year.
 
I thought you were trying to cut down on your number of dogs?  (-:
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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