All of our Giant Schnauzers are Dominant & exercise their inclinations on a daily basis without getting too out of hand.
We respect canine pack role and allow them to be dogs among themselves while understanding their role when it comes to the human pack.
Giant Schnauzers, like all dogs, are either dominant or submissive when it comes to pack role. However, we find that the Giant Schnauzer is an extremely outgoing dog. When raised properly, the Giant Schnauzer is a confident dominant dog. But, Most dogs do have varying inclinations toward dominance or submission.
Understanding the Giant Schnauzer’s natural inclination to which of the two they are will always help understand their role within the pack. This is most beneficial when you have more than one Giant Schnauzer. Keep close observations when socializing them with other dogs and pay careful attention to their behavior with the rest of the pack. Understanding how your Giant Schnauzer fits into the pack can also help guide you towards safer socialization with other dogs.
To help distinguish the descriptions WATCH THIS VIDEO TO SEE WHAT IT LOOK LIKE and also, look for these attributes:
DOMINANT GIANT SCHNAUZER
Mounting other dogs (male or female, it doesn’t matter)
Stealing or guarding toys and food
Getting attention from all the other dogs — even when they don’t want it
Pushing their way to the front whenever walking with other dogs
Making other dogs wait for them
Almost never licking other dogs on the mouth
Always winning when the dogs play tug-of-war
Starting staring contests — and winning all of them
SUBMISSIVE GIANT SCHNAUZER
Sometimes showing submissive urination when greeting other dogs
Turning away when other dogs stare
Allowing other dogs to win at tug-of-war
Providing attention and affection to other dogs, especially by licking their mouths
Backing off when other dogs want to take food or toys
Rolling on their backs to display their belly
Giant Schnauzers don’t necessarily follow all of these behaviors in order for you to consider them “dominant” or “submissive.” Most Giant Schnauzers won’t because they fall somewhere in the middle of the dominant-submissive spectrum, and the degree of dominance that your Giant Schnauzer demonstrates will likely change depending on the group of dogs that they are with. However, by watching how they socialize over time and with different groups or other dogs, you can get a pretty good sense of their natural inclination. Generally speaking, Giant Schnauzers who tend to be more submissive are easier to keep at the bottom of your family pack structure and will fall in line with less work on everyone’s part. Those who are naturally inclined to lead and dominate other dogs may require more effort and structure to balanced in a position subordinate to your human pack vs. Giant Schnauzer pack.
If you’re still wondering how to know if your dog is dominant, WATCH THIS VIDEO
Source: Cesar
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