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What’s the Difference Between Dominant and Assertive in Dogs?

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When it comes to dogs, people often throw around the term "dominant". They may be referring to a perceived relationship between two dogs or between a dog and a human.It depends what you understand each term to mean. Isn't it just semantics between words?Unfortunately not. If you understand that domi...

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