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Understanding
the relationships in your "pack"
Your greyhound, like any dog, needs to figure out
his place in your "pack," which includes all of the human
and animal members of your family with whom he'll interact. He needs
to learn to treat all of the humans, including the children, with
the respect that he instinctively shows to pack leaders. He also
needs to work out his relationship witih the other animals.
The addition of a new animal to a pack causes adjustment
for all of the members. For example, a formerly only dog now has
to adjust to a second dog in the home, and the two of them have
to figure out which is above the other. An older dog has to adjust
to the presence of a new, younger, more active dog. A mellow dog
has to adjust to a new, more dominant dog (or vice versa).
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