Show respect before my hound (3-3)
I believe the answer is:
bow-wow
'hound' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'show respect before my' is the wordplay.
'show respect' becomes 'bow' (somebody may bow to show respect).
'before' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'my' becomes 'wow' (interjections expressing surprise!).
'bow'+'wow'='BOW-WOW'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bow-wow that I've seen before include "A dog for a child?" , "Child's word for dog" , "A childish dog?" , "Child's name for dog" , "Dog's bark" .)