The middle of the pack dogs are trickier to spot because they have their own hierarchy of dominance and submission, and that can even change among them if they’re all at about the same level. So, one day a dog in the middle that seems dominant to most of the other dogs may suddenly be submissive to some of them or to different dogs than usual. We mentioned before that a dog’s pack position doesn’t change. This behavior isn’t a contradiction because these dogs are still betas. They just negotiate dominance amongst themselves while staying at the same rank. When we bring dogs into our lives, we have to be aware of this pack hierarchy.
But how does it work if you have more than one dog? All the humans are Pack Leaders, and the dog is subordinate. In this case, you effectively have two packs. One is the pack of humans and dogs, with all of the humans in charge and all of the dogs subordinate.
