Puppy Talk - The Pack Heirarchy

 

Puppy Girl:  Why does Mama say "Sh!" everytime I bark?  I'm a DOG.  I'm supposed to bark!

Puppy Dog:  Don't exaggerate.  She doesn't do it every time.

Puppy Girl:  Well she does it every time I bark at her from my potty enclosure!

Puppy Dog:  Exactly.  There are times when it's OK to bark, and times when it isn't.  That's one of the times it isn't.  I mean, come on, she's standing right in front of you!  You don't have to shout.

Puppy Girl:  Yeah... but how else am I supposed to tell her that I want to get out?  I tell her, I say: I want OUT! I want OUT!

Puppy Dog:  Yeah, you don't get to shout demands at Mama.  I don't think you're quite getting the pack hierarchy.

Puppy Girl:  Pack what?  That's a very big word...

Puppy Dog:  Hierarchy.  See, this is how it goes.  Dada is the Alpha Dog.  Mama is the Beta Bitch.  I am the Gamma Guy.  And you are the Delta Doggie.

Puppy Girl:  What?!

Puppy Dog:  Dada is first, the most important and the pack leader.  Mama is second.  I am third.  You are last.  You don't get to decide anything.

Puppy Girl:  AW, COME ON!

Puppy Dog:  That's how it works.

Puppy Girl:  That is just, wrong.  I'm the cutest one...

Puppy Dog:  OK, I'm just going to pin you down, now, till you get it.