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**fieryone** · #1 11-01-09, 05:26 pm

I've read other posts where people say that their smallest pig is the bossiest. I weighed my pigs today and it got me thinking. My Lola has definitely been the bossiest lately and she's my smallest pig by quite a bit. She's a half an ounce over 2lbs. The next smallest is Doc at 2lbs 3.7 ounces (which is shocking for me to say after how fat he was when we got him!), then Lucy at 2lbs 4.3 ounces, and Ethel the chubster at 2lbs 5.2 ounces.

Anyway, I'm really curious as to how common this is.

**NicholsS10** · #2 11-01-09, 06:32 pm

I love how you titled this "napoleon complex"!

Of my 5 pigs, my boy is the most dominant, my largest girl (almost 3 lbs) is second to him. My smallest pig, does cause the most drama though.

**Tessa Bea** · #3 11-01-09, 06:49 pm

I'd say Tahiri, the one who looks the largest due to her teddy fluff, is the one who calls the shots. My husband thinks that the pigs take turns being in charge.

**fieryone** · #4 11-01-09, 07:54 pm

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Originally Posted by NicholsS10

I love how you titled this "napoleon complex"!

Of my 5 pigs, my boy is the most dominant, my largest girl (almost 3 lbs) is second to him. My smallest pig, does cause the most drama though.

I'm honestly not sure who the true dominant pig is. Lola surely causes the most drama though.

Yoshi&Sebastian · #5 11-01-09, 07:59 pm

Mine have a circular dominance pattern.

Sebby > Yoshi
Yoshi > Anubis
Anubis > Sebby

**NicholsS10** · #6 11-01-09, 08:28 pm

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Originally Posted by fieryone

I'm honestly not sure who the true dominant pig is. Lola surely causes the most drama though.

It took me quite some time to figure out the order of their hierarchy. To figure out who was most dominant for me was easy. All the girls instantly submitted to my boy during introductions.