Beau and that Shiba are lovely!! To put my two cents worth in... when stacking your dog, all breeds are different, but you'll want to present a nice balanced picture, level topline, clean throat latch and a dog whose up on his toes by appearance verses rocking back/flat footed This is taught as a puppy. Generally on a grooming table for most. You want to feel the lay back of the shoulder going left front, hand sliding down to feel where your placement should be. Dogs feet being well under him. You place left, then right teaching them "stand" then slide hand down topline and over left hip placing back leg, then right, giving command "stand" once in a stand or stack they're taught "stay". This transfers to the ground where the pup then understands that he's to position himself in this stand-stay in order to receive that bait. Some dogs are quite good at balancing up on their toes making it appear as if the majority of their weight is primarily on their front end. (That very exaggerated stack you talked about.) Most will stack in a manner that's natural for their conformation making them feel balanced on the ground. Often that's when you'll see handlers quickly reposition foot placement, if that free stack isn't the prettiest. Some breeds need to look very square, as if they could be picked up and fit down into a box, others are stacked at different degrees of angulation. Whatever breed I happen to be handling, an alert, toned, balanced, happy looking dog is a must!