Biting

The dog grabs the skin or other body parts of his opponent with his teeth.
(Eisfeld, 1966; Goodmann et al., 2002; Koler-Matznick et al., 2005)

This female Czech Wolf Dog is biting the male German Shepherd dog as he attemps to run away.

The German Shepherd is biting the Labrador mix.

VIDEO

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The black male mixed breed running in the field is stopped by the black and white mixed breed female, who exhibits bite-threatening oriented toward the dog's shoulders/withers. The dog swerves but continues to run; the female follows him, hackles raised, tail arched, exhibiting an offensive facial display. When the female catches up to the male she bites him on the neck/shoulders (a hackles bite) with an inhibited bite and growl-bark. The male reacts by lowering his head and turning it towards his opponent, then swerving to the side and stopping in a lateral stance, with hindquarters lowered; the female exhibits anal-genital olfactory exploration. When a second female intervenes, the male moves away, leaving the interaction.

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