by Rabbitheart » Tue Aug 02, 2011 3:18 am
"Generally these things can last as short as one day to as long as four days." Sapphiera replied. "If a dog sees another that interests them, they court them, get to know them, then go back to their leaders and inform them of their decision, whether both are staying in the female's pack or whether they'll be staying in the male's pack. If they don't come to a decision, then the leaders decided, if neither can decide, then it becomes an issue of which pack needs more members." Sapphiera informed her, it was a long and tiring process when it came down to the deciding part. "It's a pain in the leaders' backsides if the two can't decide on their own." She told her, chuckling at the memory of one particular issue not too many years ago. "A year or so ago, there was one very long Mate Program. It lasted a record breaking two weeks. That was a head ache I never want to have again. You see, the female was from our pack, but the male was from Eclipse, at that time both of our packs were low on members, so the end decision was a hard one for the two of them. Me and the leader at the time bickered long and hard over which of our packs would need the members the most. In the end, the tow dogs decided to become loners so that neither packs gained anything and there would be no fight. I don't blame them at all for their decision, it was perhaps the best solution for the problem." She said. "Sorry, I have no idea why I told you about that." Sapphiera laughed at herself for monologueing.