Where is your dog in your family hierarchy and why? - Page 2

vk, it depends on the person reading if that should be considered a joke. Certainly a "pathetic" thing for the "macho" men, that I admit. 

And, certainly I can decide whether USA "should". POTUS will decide whether they "would". 

Another thing vk, my mentor (who incidentally is from YOUR neighbor country) thinks that a wife should be kept chained in the kitchen during the day and in the bedroom in the night. Tried that also (because I try to follow all his advices re dogs), but didn't work well for me this time. 

That's ridiculous, how she gonna do the laundry and clean the floors if she chained in the kitchen all day?

Back to the topic guys, "Where is your dog in your family hierarchy, and why?"

The dog is always at the bottom of the hierarchy for safety reasons. I let my dogs play with my seven year old twin brothers, and I don't want the dog thinking it's ever okay to bite them for any reason.

Let me clarify:

The " knocking over " only comes when play is elicited from the dog and her energetic enthusiasm is a part of that deal.
As far as the biting part goes it only comes when she is pushed to do something she DOES NOT want to do. First she will show teeth and may follow through with a silent but mild bite. If spouse persists the she definitely escalate her response with teeth accompanied by a serious growl and dog wins as spouse backs off.
Outside of this ( and trying to take her on walks ) there are zero probs for family members and she is very loving and everyone gets along fine.
With me she never does that and her only reluctance to get off the bed is she may wilfully make her body " limp" causing her to feel heavier.

I think trying to put the dog at the bottom of the human pack is a bs. A dog should be allowed to let its naturally instincts fully emerge, while the using the bond forming between yourself and the dog to mould/redirect these instincts.
If a dog is forced to " loose " every human encounter, the dog may shut down and you do not get out of the dog what it really is.
ex: many folks comment that DDR dogs are generally lower dive / higher defense. I found this to be an over generalization. From a young age I encouraged my dog to chase the ball which she already liked.Today she is crazy to do it and will do anything to get the opportunity to chase. She can get so loaded up that she whines and spins in anticipation of the release. I could have shut her down but not taking advantage of / discouraging what she had naturally.

Edited Western Rider      And you put your family a in danger  (Edited  Western Rider)  poor family and poor dog

For all newbies this is not the way to raise any dog

👍🏻@yogidog. Mithuna is all about justifying what he has created. Doesn't actually know squat about what he should be demanding regarding living with a powerful dog.