BA> Replying to a message of Matt Munson to All:   
       
   BA>MM> dog sitting is not that fun when you get the new dog trying to force   
   BA>MM> dominance  on the dogs who regularly live at my place.   
       
   BA> I suspect that's normal behavior.  My new arrival, Jake - a 40 ob   
   BA> chow/rottweiler/? mix, tried to assert some dominance over the    
   BA> group of (5) dogs that live in the house.  Buddy, a 110 lb black    
   BA> lab mix, just ignored him and the others pretty much did the same    
   BA> thing.  Jake has since learned that *I* am the dominant male of the    
   BA> group.   
       
   The way to do that when you first get them is blow in their nose.  It's a   
   method I learned from a dog trainer many years ago and it works.   
       
   BA> I should note that Jake is the only one of (12) dogs (6 in the house and   
   BA> 6 in an outside kennel) that isn't neutered.  That's going to    
   BA> happen when my tax refund comes in early next year.   
       
   I thought you were trying to cut down on your number of dogs?  (-:   
       
       
   Regards,   
       
   Roger   
      
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