<Gee... and here's me believing that "classic fear behavior" was always expressed by tail between the legs, slinking, rolling over submissive behavior>
Great, glad Ive enlightened you then:-) You can add the other to the above as well now.
<However, they are time tested and one only needs to watch the actions of the trainer/handler at a dog show to understand and view the dog's rapt attention on the handler>
Im sure your right, if someone did this to me Id give them "rapt attention" as well - although they may have a few teeth missing by the end of the show!
<As for "securing the gene pool"... I doubt seriously that any dog (or other animal) has any concept of such goals. >
As the alpha female is the only one to come into season and give birth to pups within the pack, its all about securing the gene pool and making sure her litter survives. If food is scarce she will eat last, not first, to ensure they survive and continue her genes.
I cant beleive you said the above, thats incredible! So a human man & wife dont have this concept either? The wife can give birth to any other mans children and this is accepted?? hate to live in your world lol.
If you want to be scientifically correct you may want to read the following link.
http://www.dog-dominance.co.uk/