Paw press

The two dogs are one in front of the other: one of the two lifts and extends a foreleg and pushes against the other's chest with a paw.
(Capra, 2011)

In this interaction between two Newfoundlands, the female presses her paw against the male, while standing tall; the male responds by backing away.

The female Czech Wolf Dog displays a paw press against the male Belgian Malinois.

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The male Alaskan Malamute marks with urine, then orients frontally towards the female Czech Wolf Dog and displays an eliminative paw scrape. The male moves closer to the female, who orients and then moves away, displaying fear and threatening behaviours. The male stops in a frontal stance, moves nearer and displays a paw press. When he tries to move still nearer, the female responds with a paw jab.

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