[Dailydrool] Alpha Dogs

[Chris Bly]

I enjoyed reading Bevs description of her crew and their behaviors. It is a 
great demonstration of how well she knows her dogs and how they act. It 
shows how much she loves her dogs paying attention to the details and 
workings of their body language to know how to avert problems. I love that 
so many Droolers are so interested, observant and descriptive of their 
hounds we all have some very fortunate dogs in our care.
I have had 36 dogs under my roof all at one time and all bassets and most of 
the time they all got along. I think males get along better than females for 
some reason they seem to know their place in the ranks. I always had one 
Alpha male like she has Mr. Cooper and he kept everyone in line they all 
stepped gently near him. He was so kind and gentle he never snapped or bit 
anyone but he had his bluff in on them all. I guess because he was a big 
basset boy and he was here first so they all one by one as they came told 
each other hey don't mess with Freckles he is the leader.
Freckles died last fall and I sure miss him but one of my girls is in charge 
now, all of my males are wooses.