Sorry to be so wordy, but I'm really just trying to understand these concepts from (the collective) your point of view. If I look at the entire discussion, it really seems that we agree on most points. There are words I use that some are uncomfortable with and some of my definitions disagree, but if we get to the bottom of the
concepts, we end up agreeing, even if we're using different words.
The four requirements of dominance by CP is very interesting and I understand that and agree with it as far as dominant behavior (a contest over resources). Nobody is "dominant" in a training activity according to this definition, because there is no contest over the resource (I don't want it, I want a behavior - I want to make a deal), but I didn't understand how that correspond with the idea that dominance = resource control, as put forth in the first post.
But CP answered that here:
I think if people used resource control where they mean resource control instead of trying to work the word "dominance" in there, which really is something COMPLETELY different as defined by most people, even where dogs are concerned, it would be a lot easier to discuss.
Sorry, it's hard to tell without inflection and facial expression... Or even an emoticon.

I'm sure you're fine at being funny. I'm just not always very good at interpreting.
Oh, absolutely! I have said several times now that dominance has nothing to do with my training. But training isn't all there is to my relationship with my dogs and that part of the equation has been ignored about 3 times now.
If that's true, then clearly I'm not a dominance theorist. But I don't know of ANYONE who thinks that way or has that desire. (Maybe Koehler? I don't know that much about him.) I think most people want to make the rules of the household and have them be followed (as parents do). They want their dogs to get along and to behave in a manner conducive to harmony in the house. Making the rules doesn't have anything to do with dominance.
Being dominant over the dog 100% of the time is an extreme that I've never heard of or experienced. Even Cesar Millan and Ed Frawley do not fit your idea of a "dominance theorist".