Should you feed the dominant dog first?
Afton Moore
2025-06-12 18:51:35
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When you multiply this treat giving over days and weeks and months, you begin to understand why so many people struggle with their dogs. It’s exactly what I talk about regarding the subordinate pack members submitting to the dominant leader over food. The dog that relinquishes food to another is lower on the hierarchy scale – which then supports my teaching that you should never hand your dog food because in reality you’re sending your dog the very clear message that you’re the weaker one in the relationship. Once identified, I would eliminate the first most dominant pup for the next round of feeding in order to reveal the next most dominant pup, and so on until I had figured out the hierarchical order of the pack. I would certainly take particular note of all of the leader types seeing that these pups would present more of a training challenge. Once the series of tests were completed, I would most definitely step in at that point and begin my training, allowing nothing to slip by in terms of unacceptable behavior. You have learned well from my system, the amazing results you’ve achieved with your three dogs are proof that you’ve applied all of the instruction thoroughly and diligently, and good on you for your efforts, I also make them wait on their beds until I tell them it’s okay to eat.