answer:That’s certainly the case with my two. Mine are male and female, adopted at the same time 12 years ago. The female has always clearly dominated. If the male settles into a choice sleeping spot and the female comes along, she first sniffs his butt; if he doesn’t get the message, she’ll begin aggressively licking his head; if he still won’t budge, the teeth come out. He invariably cedes the sacred ground, whereupon she settles into the pre-warmed spot. Usually, things don’t escalate to the licking point, though. As soon as she shows up and sniffs his but he usually knows the jig is up and bails. It’s interesting to me how this arouses such feelings of righteous indignation in me and my wife when we see this happen. It’s just so damned unjust. We’ll often fend off the female when the male is snoozing there blissfully, and get mad at her when she eventually usurps the spot anyway. It makes me think about what a very human construct the whole notion of justice is. I’m pretty sure even the male thinks we’re being ridiculous when we try to contravene the natural order of things.