Sigma and Alpha males are like Cats and Dogs

Sigmas and Alpha males are a lot like cats and dogs -- at least personality-wise.

 

Sigmas are like Cats: solitary, quiet, self-oriented, introverted, cunning, clever and graceful in actions in peace. Feral, aggressive, suspicious and annoyed in disturbance. Cats are also slow to trust others before warming up to others and only trust those they such as their owner(s). They are slow to express their "love" as compared to dogs and like to be alone a lot of the time which is a common complaint among pet owners. Cats also have slow, unyielding stares and gazes in their eyes like Sigmas.

 

Alphas are like Dogs: sociable, loud, group-oriented, extraverted (more so than introverted), friendly and creative with enthusiastic charm which just cheers you up and makes your day.

 

Dogs are loyal and trustworthy to their owners rather than cats which tend to be more self-interested in who can "feed" or "take care" of them as many pet owners decree. Dogs are quick to express their love, eagerly jumping up onto their owners, causing them to fall down and licking them all over their face when they see them after a long time.

 

Dogs are "protective" of their group (i.e. owner family, other ally dogs) especially "lead" dogs (Alphas), they are "pack-oriented" and like to be socially engaged with a group like their wild wolf cousins.

 

I suppose this is where the origin of the common phrase "top dog" came to describe not only the top dominant alpha male dogs/wolfs but also dominant human males in popular speech. Dogs generally do not like to spend much time alone, contrary to cats (Sigmas).