Hackles raised

Rising of the hair along the spinal column, from the neck to the tail. The dog may show piloerection along different parts of the the spinal column: the withers or back of the neck and withers, withers/back of the neck and back/rump, only on the back/rump or along the entire spinal column. Piloerection in general is most visible on the dog's withers.
(Althaus, 1982; Goodmann et al., 2002; van den Berg et al., 2003; Koler-Matznick et al., 2005)

The Australian Kelpie meets a female Asutralian Cattledog puppy. When the adult exhibits standing tall with hackles raised, the puppy sits and exhibits active submission.

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The female Czech Wolf Dog approaches the male black Labrador Retriever puppy at a trot. This frontal approach displaces the puppy. When the Wolf Dog begins olfactory exploration, the puppy exhibits hackles raised on the neck, withers and along the back. When a male Golden Retriever approaches, the puppy interposes himself between the two adult dogs, wagging his tail, and sniffs the female's muzzle, then the male's. When the puppy moves away, the female punches him lightly with her jaw, then with her paws. The male Golden Retriever again intervenes, and the Labrador puppy moves away, followed by the female Wolf Dog. The hackles raised on the dog's withers can be clearly seen.

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