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Old 09-03-2010, 12:01 AM   #45 (permalink)
AgileGSD
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If you say that the current research shows just the opposite because they used a related pack and the earlier research didn't, then that should make the original results fit our "dog packs" very nicely. thanks for the insight and correction to the thinking.
Because dogs are wolves?


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BTW, if there are no "Alpha" leaders in a wild wolf pack, are you saying that all of the adults in a pack are able to pair off and mate and raise puppies? I had heard somewhere that only the alpha pair generally raised a litter?And do they take a vote to decide where, what and how to hunt? Again, I had heard that the alpha wolf decided these kind of things??
Instead of basing your ideas on what you've heard, you should really check out some of the current information posted on this thread concerning wild wolf behavior. The thought that it is all about the "alpha" is very outdated thinking.
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