Social order of dogs on a walk- study

[spinster]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0123222045.htm This is interesting. Wonder if it applies to braces on a hunt:

[Sharon]

Interesting read.

'We showed that it is possible to determine the social ranking and personality traits of each dog from their GPS movement data,' said study author Dr Máté Nagy of Oxford University's Department of Zoology, formerly of Eötvös University and HAS. 'On individual walks it is hard to identify one permanent leader, but over longer timescales it soon becomes clear that some dogs are followed by peers more often than others. Overall, the collective motion of the pack is strongly influenced by an underlying social network.' quote

which is why I never trained beagles in a pack or setters in pairs , year one. I found it hurt independence.

[Jakezilla]

Not sure why this required a scientific study. This is common knowledge to all the good trainers I know. It's basic pack behavior.

[ahadley]

Interesting. Thank you for sharing. As Jakezilla said, I don't think it's earthshattering news but it's interesting that they went to this much trouble to measure it. I'd like to see the study repeated with a mix of breeds.