| Re: "Pack...Alpha" terms really meaningful?
I agree Alphaleader :) I think what bothers some people who work with dogs is the images that come to "some" dog owners minds when you say Alpha. I have noticed some people misconstrue the meaning and don't think of it as just being number one...which in reality alpha means just that. For some reason some dog owners mainly novice owners have images of dominating, alpha rolls, pinning, ear pinching and other things such as this seem to flash through their mind of how a dog should be trained if you are alpha of your pack.
That is the reason we avoid using the word alpha and pack around clients. We use benevolent leader, master, and group it just helps some dog owners realize that dogs learn much better through positive training and suppression techniques can actually hinder training. There was a good article on benevolent leader in the WDJ about year ago. |