24/07/2025
If you watch one video today, let it be this one
One of the best examples of natural pack dynamics you’ll ever see
Lemme break it down for you.
Marley (the white/yellow long-haired dog) is part of our regular Thursday pack, has been for years now. Nyx and Marley grew up together and both Briggs and Nyx have helped train and shape her for the last two years. Izzy (white and black) is newer to the group and has never met Marley until today, and while the girls were playing, Izzy started becoming a bit pushy with her body pressure. Marley was trying to keep up, but you can see she was a little uncomfortable with how intense it was getting.
The rest of the pack noticed this imbalance. Dogs are amazing at reading each other, and in a healthy social group, they often step in as “referees” to break up situations that feel unfair or too much for one dog. In this case, they came in, stopped Izzy’s pressure, and redirected the tension through hu***ng Marley.
Hu***ng here isn’t sexual—it’s a way to release excitement, assert social control, and help settle things.
This happened twice in the duration of the day, one shortly after the other, both after the same type of play ensued.
Once it was overkill and Marley wasn’t doing a good enough job at advocating for herself, Ellie came in and body-checked Nyx, which was basically her way of saying, “Okay, enough. We’re done here.”
And everyone listened.
Afterwards everyone calmed down, energy lessoned and then acted like nothing happened in peace, harmony, rainbows and butterflies type s**t.
This is a great example of how dogs naturally regulate social dynamics when they’re in a balanced group. They interrupt, redirect, and finally reset the energy back to calm. They generally don’t need us stepping in, infact, we usually make things worse trying.
Hope this video is helpful in understanding pack dynamics 🐾🖤