Do Dogs Learn By Dominance And Submission?
Many of us think that dogs learn through submission and dominance. This theory appeals to the sense of logic that we have and comes from the human ego’s point of view. We assume that dogs learn to respect an individual by dominance. This means that they have a perception of someone else’s point of view. Humans are capable at looking at things from another’s point of view, but we know that nobody can learn to effectively work by submission or dominance. An employee may act in a respectable manner towards his boss and appear to be submissive around him, but the employee still wants fair pay. If he doesn’t get it, resentment and a bad attitude will develop. Humans resist and reject this approach when they are faced with it so why expect a dog that has a very limited view to work with this approach either? Dominating a dog causes him to resist cooperation, but it also has nothing to do with the wolf society operating smoothly. It may seem that the pack’s leader would be the most dominant,
