Dominance and Pack Theory - snippets

Some useful links:

http://www.clickersolutions.com/articles/2001/dominance.htm - Dunbar

This is particularly interesting:

There is NO physical domination. Everything is accomplished through psychological harassment. It's all ritualistic.
"Alpha" does not mean physically dominant. It means "in control of resources."

"I think many times people use the term
dominant that the dog is actually not confident but rather
overcompensating (defensively) for a lack of confidence. I prefer to call
this control related problems or "control complex" as I referred to it in
my book." (James O'Heare)

This whole thead http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DogBehaviorThinkTank/messages/6102?threaded=1&m=e&var=1&tidx=1