Cry wolf: a major misunderstanding about dog behaviour

‘Dominance’ or ‘pack theory’ describes an ever-popular misbelief that, just as their wolf ancestors lived in hierarchical groups headed by an ‘alpha pair’ enjoying first rights to all valued...

Unravelling dominance in dogs

During the second half of the 20th and early part of the 21st century, the prevailing theory regarding the social behaviour of the domestic dog was that, when living in groups, canine social...