Took me quite a while but I got something! Since The Pack has very extensive job organization, I figured this would be a thing. Quick! A rival clan has decided to attack! What are the steps The Pack takes to protect its own and deal with the problem at hand?
Ooooh, this is definitely a Thing! And! Relevantish to the story I’m slowly posting, After the Storm! Since it’s after a really big attack, ahah.
Rival clans get chances, actually, to stop such foolishness and return home. The Pack often knows the attack is coming long beforehand - huge territory, it takes a while to get to the bits where The Pack actually masses, and a raid or war party is bound to get spotted by either Scout Dogs or Shamans before they fully reach the main territory. Once that happens, the lookouts let out what’s called The War Roar, which is basically a really harmonized noise between the many different types of creatures found there. It always sounds the same, so as soon as it’s heard, the rest of The Pack has several immediate responses.
Alpha herds his Growers and the Pups underground to safety, where the Repair Dogs are usually holed up. If it’s not too serious an assault, Alpha remains there with them.
In not too serious assaults, the Argent Dogs fight to the death absolutely to protect The Pack.
The fun part comes in for serious assaults. The Shamans that are not useful for fighting bundle with the Growers (and any pups that are Alpha’s heirs and too young to fight) in the spare Shaman Den - the one that’s boobytrapped all around it that all of The Pack tends to stay away from. There’s a tunnel connecting one Den to the next, and The Shamans collapse it behind them. With The Growers and The Shamans that are unable to help fighting at all put someplace safe, the rest of The Pack is free to fight at full power. Alpha brings his magic to bear, The Shamans do the same, and the true glory of the Argent Dogs can be seen in these times. They don’t fear death, and even look forward to dying in battle, especially if Alpha is there and they have a chance of him seeing them die memorable.
The Attack/Defense Dog pairs are well oiled pairs, generally, and with the Repair Dogs and the Scout Dogs also paired up and fighting as a singular unit, the full might of The Pack becomes evident. On top of that, should they have enough time before the serious assaults, the Argent Dogs will roll themselves in red clay so that they all look relatively similar. Pairs will seek each other out based on their scars, and use this and scent to keep track of one another. To the enemy, it appears as if an endless tide of red is coming to sweep them away - it’s rather effective in dissuading less determined raids, though once the Argent Dogs are riled up that far the best thing to do is to let them give chase to an enemy that’s fleeing. Again, the Argent Dogs will absolutely fight to the death, and look forward to it even more with Alpha on the field as well.
Thank you for the ask! ^^ (And I may have thought I hit publish but did not, ahah)