Excitment and Hackles

[Beanwood]

Not quite a video (yet...) but managed to snap a few photos.... You can just about see that Brambles hackles are right up, right down to her tail which she tucks underneath when in "prey" mode. When they switch roles her tail comes back out.

Hellluuuuppppp!!!!

 

[snowbunny]

Oooh, Otter looks quite terrifying!

 

[Beanwood]

Oooh, Otter looks quite terrifying!

I know! I didn't notice her expression when taking the photo, but OH MY! She is though, very expressive normally, one of those dogs you can read like a book

 

[snowbunny]

Bramble looks just like Willow does when she goes daft. Same tucked tail, hackles, and general air of ridiculousness

 

[MellowYellow]

They look so fierce!!!

 

[Sophiedoodle]

Same tucked tail, hackles, and general air of ridiculousness

So does Oreo... but you can’t see her hackles (I just assume they’d be up). I can’t help but laugh when Oreo does it

 

[Shamas mom]

Gosh, that last photo!

It's just what I'd imagined in the fight between Spitz and Buck, in Call Of The Wild.....

 

[Lab_adore]

Oh my.....Otter looks like she is possessed!

 

[Atemas]

In the garden yesterday, Red was pootling around and I was watching her - we were quietly enjoying the rare sunshine even though it was cold. All of a sudden, the dogs at the back of us started their low growls from the other side of the fence. Instant hackles up with Red and I noticed she had a ‘tuft’ of hackles up at the base of her back where her tail starts. Never seen that before. Those dogs really spook her

 

[Shaz82]

Maisy gets that tuft of hackles too @Atemas but when she is running around and being chased, just excitement in her case. They don't often appear on her neck though.
Those are very fearsome pictures @Beanwood

 

[Selina27]

Those dogs really spook her

Not very nice for her

 

[Atemas]

Not very nice for her

No it’s not. I spent all last summer trying to desensitise her to them but they are just let out into their garden unsupervised. I always go out with her so I can ‘steer’ her away from the fence if necessary. It’s lovely where we live except for this woman with the horrible dogs (not their fault) at the bottom of our garden

 

[Beanwood]

Managed to catch Penelope Pitt-stop in action!

Playing with Otter.....

Hellluuuupppp!!!!

 

[Joy]

These seem a good illustration of how pointless it is to try to judge a dog's emotion / intentions from a still photograph. In the photo both look aggressive - and Otter looks terrifying! - whereas you get a completely different (and true) understanding from the video. I love the way in the video you can see them pause very frequently - 'it's just a game'.