Peace in the Pack and The Development of Canine Social Hierarchies Dr. Dunbar spent ten years researching canine sex differences in behaviour. Obviously, differences in mating behaviour but also, secondary sex differences, such as urination postures (of which there are a good dozen), social rank, and dog-dog aggression. At the time, 'dominance hierarchies' were a hot topic. The UC Berkeley dog study searched for instances of physical 'domination' and 'alpha dogs' but instead, observed lots of insecure, growly, middle-ranking, male dogs, numerous short squabbles, but hardly any dog fights. Growing up together (with next to no human intervention), the dogs developed an extremely sophisticated social structure and by and large, lived in group harmony. True 'top dogs' are cool & confident and seldom threaten or fight, they don't need to.

Sponsor:Dog & Bone
Speaker(s):Dr Ian Dunbar

Contact: Sally Marchant
 Email: sally@dog-and-bone.co.uk
 Phone: 079-050-94308
 Web: https://www.dog-and-bone.co.uk/seminars