Frontal stance

The dog positions or re-positions itself in front of its opponent, with head and trunk aligned, showing other signs of tension or threatening.
(Capra, 2006)

Two females, a Boxer mix and an Australian Cattle Dog encounter each other in a frontal stance.

When the Malamute bitch nears the village dog in a frontal position, he reacts with defensive threatening.

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In this interaction between two females, the German Shepherd mix seeks support from her owner. The Staffordshire Bull Terrier approaches with a frontal path, then moves away. The mixed breed follows her with an offensive facial display, barking. The Staffordshire re-orients in a frontal stance, standing tall, supported by the presence of the female Golden Retriever. The mixed breed female lowers her head, ears back, closes her eyes and licks her nose, then moves away, followed by the Staffordshire and the Golden Retriever.

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The male mixed breed sniffs the ground, lowers his head and tail and orients toward a person he knows, then orients in a frontal stance toward an unfamiliar person, and stares directly at them, wagging his tail (which is held low), whimpers and prepares to leap forward.

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