Hurtling

Jumping repeatedly toward another individual from a frontal position. The receiver of the behaviour is generally a human, and the leaping is apparently exhibited to greet the person face to face. The more excited the dog becomes, the higher and more vigorous the leaping becomes, the less it is correlated to greeting, to the point that the animal may may grab the clothing, hair, face or hands of the person. This is probably a low-intensity form of testing that may however turn into a high-intensity form if it is not rapidly defused. The increase in excitement may be due to frustration caused by the presence of some form of barrier which blocks the dog from reaching his objective.
(Goodmann et al., 2002; Corradi, 2005; Koler-Matznick et al., 2005)

The male Pointer mix exhibits hurtling, leaping repeatedly against the Alaskan Malamute bitch, who reacts by wrinkling his nose and growling.

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Video filmed during a behavioural evaluation. The male Pit Bull Terrier reacts to the doll being moved closer to him by hurtling against it, then hugging it, repeatedly, showing the intention to grab it by the hair and shirt, spinning around and hurtling against the doll with growing intensity and attempting to bite it on the arms.

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