LadyConstanze -> RE: Male vs. Female Dominance (My 1st thread) (5/30/2011 2:58:30 PM)
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While my experience with horses is limited, I noticed that most horses react better to females, I don't know why, it might be the smell? While most male dog experts kept on telling me that due to being female I can't ever be the pack leader for a dog, oddly enough I always made a completely different experience, H would never harm or hit the dogs and they will do things for him and follow his commands, but he sometimes has to repeat his commands and intimidate them a bit (hard stare, stern voice...) I hardly ever have that problem, they usually follow a command before I even said it, it might have to do with the body language as well? Or maybe my dogs never read the books that tell them that they can only accept a male pack leader? Oddly enough both of our current dogs "picked" me, by coming for cuddles, I dunno if I smell right for them (I do shower every day at least once), it doesn't matter where I sit in the house, they'll be draped all over me and the cats on top of that, teaching them a new trick takes me a lot less time than if H tries to show them, the only time I ever hit one of them was when Kia snapped at my pet rat because she was jealous, and then with a rolled up newspaper, it shocked and scared her so much, that she peed herself (yeah and I am glad we have wooden floors, as I had to mop it up). I think women just have a much better natural rapport with most animals due to body language, we don't tend to have that male bluster and trying to be intimidating. Though sometimes I wish it was different, trying to type on a laptop when 2 Dobies and 2 cats are mugging you for attention can be quite a challenge...
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