In this episode we are going to talk about everything you need to know to keep your border collie safe and active in summer. We will cover acclimatisation, heat stroke, hot pavements, water safety, and what to watch out for if you are travelling to a hotter country with your dog.

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One of the most common questions I get asked is: "Who is the pack leader after you?" — and my answer is that there is no pack leader, because we are not a pack. In this episode I break down what a pack actually is, why it doesn't apply to dogs living in a human household, and what the relationship between us and our dogs really looks like.

We cover:

• The scientific definition of a pack and why humans and dogs don't qualify
• The alpha wolf myth: where it came from, and how it was debunked
• What feral and street dogs in Italy, Eastern Europe, and South America actually do (and don't do) socially
• Why dogs evolved to live with us, not to dominate us
• What our household really is — and why that matters for how we train and relate to our dogs

• Pack (canine) — Wikipedia
• Pack Structure — Wolf Haven International
• Packs (Zoology) — EBSCO Research Starters

• Mech (1999) full paper PDF — wolf.org/USGS — L. David Mech, "Alpha Status, Dominance, and Division of Labor in Wolf Packs," Canadian Journal of Zoology, 77(8): 1196–1203
• Mech (1999) — Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Scientific Self-Correction: How Mech undid the alpha wolf concept — Science Arena
• Debunking the Alpha Dog Theory — Whole Dog Journal
• Alpha Dog Theory Is Dead. Science Killed It in 1999. — Dogly

• Boitani & Ciucci (1995) — Tandfonline — "Comparative Social Ecology of Feral Dogs and Wolves," Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 7: 49–72
• The Ecology and Behavior of Feral Dogs: A Case Study from Central Italy — ResearchGate
• Feral Dog overview — ScienceDirect

• Dog Dominance, Alpha and Pack Leadership — VCA Animal Hospitals
• The Truth About Dominance — Positively.com

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In this episode I will be chatting to you about how I'm managing resting Kes, my 6 months old Border Collie while on a 3 long week rest!

I'm also running a workshop to show you exactly how to teach these exercises I'm talking about!

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