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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Our multi-hound family has evolved some lately. Flo
was the first and came to us as a pup. When Gabe arrived a few months
later as a tiny pup, Flo was alpha. Then Liz arrived about a year ago and
Flo immediately backed down and deferred to Liz. Liz snarked, crabbed and
bossed everyone. Gabe was still a clueless baby. In recent months,
Gabe must have arrived at “social maturation” was I think the term
someone else used. One day, he just whipped Liz’ crabby butt and
seems to have established himself as alpha. I wasn’t too upset
because it seemed to me she had it coming – I don’t like
bullies. He is not mean about being alpha like Liz was, but Liz
definitely gives him a wide berth when he gives her “the look”.
It is comical to me because he is a tiny basset by any
standard probably. He weighs in at 37 pounds and each of the girls
outweighs him by a good 15 pounds. I always wonder how Flo, who was here
first, ended up at the bottom of the pack. She won’t stand up to
the other dogs at all, but is always the one guarding us or sounding warning
when someone arrives at the house. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">Alicia, Flo, Gabe (aka Napoleon), Liz</span></font></p>
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