Ethograms

Agonistic
Behaviours

Two adult females meet for the first time, and face off in a duel made up of glances. The behaviours exhibited are the offensive facial display, frontal stance, standing tall and face-off.

Imposing
Behaviours

Here we move on from our discussion of agonistic behaviours to imposing behaviours, as demonstrated above by Mr. Imposing Behaviours standing tall in a lateral stance vs. Miss Agonistic Behaviours, in a frontal stance with defensive-aggressive barking!

Stress, Fear and De-escalation
Behaviours

This mixed breed puppy is displaying friendly, self-confident behaviour towards the adolescent Belgian Malinois who is exhibiting signs of stress–averting her gaze, ears back, clearly tense. The two dogs perceive the situation in very different ways.