What do dogs think about there owners?

Answer 1

Dogs have the same hierarchy as wolves for they were actually just bred from wolves. People like to think of their dogs as children, which is because Humans, too, have a hierarchy, though more subtle than the one of dogs. Children are the members of the Human "pack" that the rest of the group take care of, so in an adult Human's mind the dog is one of the children to be cared for. Children play with their dogs like other children, so from the Human's point of view a dog is a child.

Dogs should think of their owners as the Alphas or leaders of their pack. In an all dog pack the Alpha will be the only one allowed to breed and will lead hunts and establish a territory for the rest of the pack to maintain. In the dog's mind all of this is going on inside the house. The adult humans are the Alpha male and female and are the only ones who have "puppies". The "puppies" are pretty much the lowest ranking and the Alphas, the parents, are in charge. The main difference in how a dog thinks of itself and a human thinks of a dog is that the dog thinks of itself not as a puppy or of the Humans as it's parents and Alphas but that it is a Subordinate of the pack.

Here is a random example:

Lets say there are four Humans and two dogs in a family/pack. The Alpha male and female and their two puppies. The dogs' jobs are to do what the Alphas say, defend the territory, and protect and sometimes play with the puppies.

Now another example: my house.

It seems as though my mother would be the Alpha, but I've found that the dogs seem to think of my mother and I both as Alphas. My mother, of course, is in charge of my sister and I, who, to the dogs, are the "puppies". But I am the dogs' trainer. I've worked them on basic commands (sit, lie down, off the couch, etc) since the beginning. So I am unclear on how they perceive my rank. My sister, though, is definitely the "puppy"; the dogs are reluctant to move off the couch for her to sit, and often won't until she repeats the "down" command twice, while they jump down immediately for both me and my mother, though sometimes a bit more slowly for me but always at the first request. So the dogs definitely know their place as subordinates, though the female seems to drift between Subordinate and Omega. Now here is where the cats come in. Cats have a completely different hierarchy than dogs, and the only similarity is that there is a dominant, Alpha cat, though not a pair. The male dog actually plays with one of the male cats as he does the other dog, though not as often, and the same dog also grooms the cats while they lick his head, so they definitely have some pack order going on. My best guess is that the female cat, who is very shy and runs away at any sudden sound, is, to the dogs at least, the Omega. She is often picked on by the same male cat that plays with the dog, and the dogs, especially the male, will bark at them as to tell them to quit arguing. Omega dogs are often picked on by higher ranking pack members and there is sometimes a pack member who will step in, so that is the Omega cat. The older male cat's rank is unclear to me, the only interaction he has with the dogs is the occasional grooming session, but I'm sure that at least the male dog thinks of the younger male as his equal.

I'm sorry if I went on too long, but I do hope this answers your question XD

Answer 2

When u pet a dog, the dog knows u luv him or her very much. if u get a poodle, u should keep its natural curls. if u want a good guard dog, get a lab.