Pet given front position? That's amazing!
I believe the answer is:
bow-wow
'pet' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'front position? that's amazing' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'front' could be 'bow' (bow is a kind of front) and 'bow' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'wow' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'given' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bow-wow that I've seen before include "A dog for a child?" , "A childish dog?" , "Child's word for dog" , "Cry of a dog" , "Child's name for dog" .)