I haven't seen it with hunting so much as just usual day to day life. For instance, when I take my gyps for a run everyone is tied to the 4 wheelers. It took me about 2 days to figure out who runs best with who. I thought that my 2 gyps with the most alpha tendencies would have to be seperated, (Grace and Paige) WRONG! The two alpha dogs run coupled to each other, and if I try and switch them up to run with anyone else, they refuse, trust me, I drug them almost a half mile before givin up.
But at home, all 7 of them LOVE to chase a tennis ball, and I've noticed something. Grace is def my alpha female of the group, she always has been, and is also the oldest by far at 2.5 yrs. and wants to chase a ball 2-3 times then she is done. All my others (3-8months) will take after the ball, until Grace starts running, then everyone else scatters like quail, and wait on her to finish before they will play again. However, every now and then Paige will get a wild hair, and go with Grace, which is a bit interesting, because she was DEFINATLY the most independent and alpha puppy out of her litter, and Grace is her mom. But the other strange thing I have noticed is that Gabbie sits back in the shadows, but no one else will alert before she does. Usually the way I know someone is here is when Gabbie starts barking, then Paige, then Posie, and if they haven't solved the problem by then, Grace will step in. The 2 pups only start if Grace does.
