Replying to a message of Matt Munson to All:   
      
    MM> dog sitting is not that fun when you get the new dog trying to force   
    MM> dominance  on the dogs who regularly live at my place.   
      
   I suspect that's normal behavior.  My new arrival, Jake - a 40 ob   
   chow/rottweiler/?   
   mix, tried to assert some dominance over the group  of (5) dogs that live in   
   the   
   house.  Buddy, a 110 lb black lab mix, just ignored him and the others pretty   
   much   
   did the same thing.  Jake has since learned that *I* am the dominant male of   
   the   
   group.   
      
   I should note that Jake is the only one of (12) dogs (6 in the house and 6 in   
   an outside   
   kennel) that isn't neutered.  That's going to happen when my tax refund comes   
   in early   
   next year.   
      
   --- FleetStreet 1.19+   
    * Origin: Bob's Boneyard, Emerson, Iowa (1:300/3)