41,79 If aggression does occur, dogs unfamiliar with each other are 5 to 15 times more likely to be involved than familiar ones.
Aggression is rare, with avoidance preferred. During their travels, the feral dogs will frequently stop to test dominance, but a definite order can be identified, both during travel and when eating. 171 Peripheral dogs may follow this group, but they are not allowed to share any kill. 125 When a new pack is formed, the lead dog barks loudly until a sufficient number of other feral dogs join.Ĭanine specializations to accommodate the hunting of large herbivores have developed in parallel with pack-hunting techniques. 125 A feral dog pack typically lasts only 1 to 2.5 weeks and has a large dog as its leader. 108,109,125 When feral dogs do pack together, the pack has up to 10 members, 125,171,294 consisting of two males and six to eight females. 183 Most feral individuals are solitary scavengers that participate in a pack for only brief periods under a rigid hierarchy. True feral populations are generally low, perhaps 2.5% of the free-ranging population. The term feral is most appropriately applied to a group of animals that have been together long enough that their innate behaviors, physiology, or anatomy have changed from the original domesticated version. Pack behaviors vary somewhat between feral dogs and their domestic relatives, whether the domestic dogs are stray or just loose (free ranging). ACVB, in Canine Behavior (Second Edition), 2009 Feral versus Domestic Dogs
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