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Temple Grandin has an extensive education in animal science, however, her vast experience is with cattle and other farm animals. Grandin has conducted her own research with these animals and is extremely knowledgeable. I have the utmost respect for her in that area.
However, when discussing dogs in this book, Grandin refers to the research of OTHER scientists, and dogs she knew as a kid. It is clear that Grandin does not own or train dogs and has minimal experience with them. Yet she goes on to contradict one of the most successful animal behaviorist and dog trainers of our time, Cesar Milan. Cesar has over 30 years of experience with dogs and it is readily apparent that Grandin experience is limited mainly to what she has read and what she remembers from her childhood.
In addition, Grandin states that dogs only need to form packs with an alpha when the groups of dogs are unrelated. And when the environment is unnatural and/or artificial from what the dogs would live in, in nature. Therefore, dogs don't need an alpha. They don't need humans to be dominant they need to be parents to the dogs. What could be more unnatural for dogs than living with humans, in a house? Dogs aren't related to their pack of humans? Why would they NOT need an alpha in that situation? As far as dominance is concerned, dominance is the assertion of your authority, having command of a situation. Guess what! That is parenting! When a child doesn't want to go to bed when they are told, a parent asserts their authority. When a child is injured, a parent takes command of the situation. Parents create rules. This is dominance. It doesn't mean to enslave or injure someone. It means you need to be in charge or someone will get hurt.
I think if you are going to contradict what someone has been doing for 30 years, quite successfully I might add, you should have experience with that specific area. Don't just read what other people have written and spit it back out.