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Controlling your dog doesn’t involve establishing yourself as the dominant Alpha in the social group. This is a popular myth that originated from a flawed study on wolves conducted in the 1940s. The researcher put a bunch of wolves from different packs into a single group, resulting in an uncomfortable situation. A hierarchy emerged with an alpha wolf on top controlling resources, leading people to assume that the same would happen with dogs and that the owner should take the role of alpha. This is not the case. Wolves in the wild live in large and consistent family groups, where leadership is determined by things such as personality and seniority. Additionally, domestication has caused dogs to behave differently from wolves. Actual research on actual dogs (not from the 1940s) suggests that the best way to train a dog is to reward them for good behavior.