Re: Tomorrow I meet the Poms

In article <jkatu31lhndm9cbjg6skt5q2ci3pirqsb1@xxxxxxx>,
sighthounds & siberians <x@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Maybe a pack of Siberians doesn't need to know who the human
alpha is, but a pack of sighthounds sure does.

I tend to think of it more as being orderly, or something
along those lines. I mean, there's hierarchy and they do
what I say but I tend to think it falls out of everything
else. That is to say, the objective isn't to be the
"alpha," it's to have a nice life with the dogs.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - shore@xxxxxxxxx

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community
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