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- A pup has Mom to himself as the other approaches
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- First pup (R) narrows eyes, looks away
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- Eyes narrow more & ears go back
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- Mom (C) stiffens as 1st pup (R) eyes the other with narrow eyes & paw on Mom
This posting actually goes along with the last one, the one about affection and love, but I wanted to separate these photos out because of something new I saw. At first glance the “greeting” appeared to be a pile-up of mutual affection between a mother and her two yearling pups. On closer examination, I could see that it actually consisted of puppy-love for their mother. Of course, Mom is the one that came looking for the pups, knowing full well that her presence would elicit their affection, and she accepted their affection. She seemed to be very even handed with them.
After even further examination, I could see that there were instances of rivalry between the two pups for contact with Mom. In this sequence of photos I saw one of the pups narrow his eyes a number of times at the other yearling when he came close. Hmm. I wonder how this will develop over time!!
Coyote Yipps 