Reading some of peoples thinking on dogs, Dogs they can become very responsive, (responsability?) they will sit, they will fetch, they do all kinds of tricks.
But the pecking order comes down to the owner, to show the dog who is the boss. For one simple reason is a dog CANNOT take responsability. people CANNOT teach their kids to take resposability. They get lulled into a false sense of security they think the Merkats on TV are real responsive things.