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Alpha
Female Alpha :: The highest ranking female in the pack. She is the mate of the alpha male and has an equal share into the final desisions between the two. Usually the only female allowed to breed in the pack. The alpha female is usually the most domient of the females and is quite wise in making desissions.
Male Alpha :: The highest ranking male in the pack. Shares equal amount into the final desission of the fate of the pack with the alpha female. Usually the only male allowed to breed within the pack. Only mates with the alpha female and usally is the most dominant male. Just as wise as the female when it comes to desissions about the pack.
Subordinate
Female Subordinate :: The basic ranking of all wild dogs. The females help take care of the pups and most are not allowed to breed. Few will be allowed to, but must be given permission from the alpha pair. They usually remain taking care of the pups of the alpha pair and the few others allowed to breed, while the others go hunting. Some may be picked upon by the other subordinates that are stronger then them.
Male Subordinate :: The baisc ranking. The males usually hunt and protect the pack while the females care for the pups. Some males remain while others go on the hunt to protect the pack while most have gone. They may help care for the pups once and a while as well. Few are allowed to breed and some may get picked on by those stronger then them.
Yearlings
Female Yearling :: Yearlings are now showing their true personality. This will determine their rank in the pack. The females will learn how to hunt allong with the males and also they will have to babysit the pups at certain times.
Male Yearling :: The males will begin to hunt and become more agressive, showing their true personality, sometimes having to watch over the pups. The may fight each other over food finding the most dominent of the male realing group.
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Pups
Female Pup :: The female pups aren't as rough as the males, but are just as playful. They will not be given a rank until adulthood and may be have to go off and start a pack of their own. They are well taken care of in the group. Almost every pack member takes care of them when needed.
Male Pup :: The males pups are very rough when playing, but not as playful. They will not recive a rank until adulthood where most males will go off and form their own pack, but are usually welcome to stay in their bith pack. Almost all of the pack members take care of the pups when needed.
Loners
Female Loner :: It's very rare for females to leave a pack and become loners. They are more rare then male loners as the only real time you'll see one is when the it never meets its pack as a pup or its pack has died off. It is just as rare for a female to get kicked out of the pakc it is currently in, but it does happen. Most wild dog that are not in a pack and are not searching for one, slowly begin to go insane as they are not used to life without a pack. Some attempt to find a male or another female and start their own pack if they cannot find one that will allow them to join.
Male Loner :: A little less rare then a female loner, the male loners tend to go crazy without a pack. They become depressed and are usually out of their old pack for doing something that got them kicked out. They may get lucky and find another loner and start a pack of their own or get accepted into a pack although most loners stay that way for the rest of their lives.
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Rabids
Male Rabid :: For an odd reason only the males seem to become rabid, there has never been a female that has gone rabid, so it has been claimed that something in the males allows this to happen. They are insane and very vicious. Dispite this some are still permitted to remain in their pack, with some restrictions. They must stay behind the pack and are uable to go near the pups and yearlings. They get are genrally left alone to just follow the pack around, but can not bother any of the other pack members or an alpha will usually force it back to its place. Being forced to eat last they rarely get anyfood, just bones if the pups do not take those to play with and chew on. Most rabids stary away from the pack and wander around alone attacking anything in sight.
