Dominance

[IdahoNancy]

Dominance is a peculiar thing. My herd lead Hobbs died. Cruiser the life long subordinate never knew life with a herd leader. Cruiser seemed like he he did not want to walk out of the pen when Hobbs was gone. All he had was Blazer baby. We adopted the Dude, now known as Dodger, and I was relieved to hear he was an alpha. I figured once every one got settled in Cruiser would fall back into his old social place. Not so much. Cruiser out weighed Hobbs by 40lbs and the same goes for Dodger. Now at the age of 8 with unstable back hips he has decided he wants to be alpha. And so he is. Oddly enough his hips are better. He never wanted to fight with a brutal dictator but he loves to spar with Dodge who could knock him over anytime but doesn't.