A Recent article in Off Lead Magazine challenges the long term held belief that dogs are pack orientated.
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Political upheaval in Romania caused an unbalanced population of free-ranging or homeless dogs, this tragic situation however served to provide animal behaviorist with numerous observation opportunities that are usually reserved for observing wolves or dingos.
These Romanian dogs seem to only pair up on occassion closer to what animal behaviorist and author Dunbar refers to as “loose, transitory associations”.
Free ranging “un-domesticated” dogs do still roam in a few areas of the globe, further observation and analysis of their social behavior is of course needed to determine if the Romanian Dogs are indicative of true canine social behavior or a fluke.
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