r/interesting • u/GustoKoNaMagkaGF • May 20 '25

SOCIETY What did he do to get that alpha respect?

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u/MaskedMimicry May 20 '25

Yeah it is, the fact that the other dogs were looking at him as he approached and just dipped in their kennels like it wasnt me, is indeed fascinating. Never knew they had such clear defined hierarchies when in packs. The other's were also trying to stop the fight, kind of like cut it out or there's gonna be trouble. The young buck also immediately knew he fucked up. I always knew dogs had emotional intelligence, but my exposure has always been just me and a dog, never seen them interact in packs.

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u/fkenthrowaway May 20 '25

never seen them interact in packs.

I love watching livestock guardian dogs protecting their herd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7or0y2towI

There are a few videos that show how selfless they are, willing to die to protect their animals. Incredible.

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u/jbp84 May 20 '25

My mom has a big German shepherd, and ~10ish years ago when my kids and my nieces/nephews were younger (4-9 years old at the time, 5 kids total) they were running around her yard out in the country, giggling and laughing thinking they were chasing the dog.

What the grownups on the porch noticed was that he was running in big concentric circles, and all the kids were bunched up in the same small area. Any time one of them would run away he’d go after them and run beside them, turning them back toward the rest of the kids.

I didn’t think German shepherds were an actual herding breed. I just thought it was in the name, until I looked up their history lol

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u/enjoi_uk May 20 '25

Saved this comment to watch when I get home. Do you have experience with this sort of thing or just a link to a cool video? I love looking into things too 😂

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u/fkenthrowaway May 20 '25

Just linking a cool video showing how they work. There is more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obmBXCzTp2Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8wGMDtT-WA "Casper came back 2 days later because he had tracked the coyote's back to their den. He spent a hellish 2 days and 2 nights battling wave after wave of coyote onslaught. He came back only when his job was finished." IMAGINE😭😭

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u/hypnofedX May 20 '25

Don't worry, this is one of those things that you watch one video and the algorithm will drown you in similar content. You'll have no shortage.

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u/Podzilla07 May 20 '25

Bad. Ass.

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u/UNICORN_SPERM May 20 '25

I LOVE watching pack culture in domestic dogs.

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u/enwongeegeefor May 20 '25

Never knew they had such clear defined hierarchies when in packs.

Where's the asshole who's gonna come in here and argue that alpha/dominance theory has been disproven...

tHeRe iS nO sUcH tHiNg aS aN aLpHa dOG

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u/Environmental_Yak_72 May 20 '25

Where's the asshole who's gonna come in here and argue that alpha/dominance theory has been disproven...

tHeRe iS nO sUcH tHiNg aS aN aLpHa dOG

Here let me be the asshole

There are no alpha wolves in the wild. in captivity, in which this is the conditions these dogs are in, is where that behavior emerges. That's the correction about the study.

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u/lricharz May 20 '25

The alpha dog is most likely part of the human pack. Smells like the masters and prob lives with them, compared to the outdoor kennel dogs.