i have a tiger in my backyard

2 is the leading stud of the pack. In all of the study areas he's had the most girls, partly I think, to luck, but partly because he's one mean dude, at least when it comes to other males. In the past weeks, I've seen him get into fights where he rolls into and down things, where he comes back bleeding profusely, where he chases other males for yards, and through the sage, coming back worse for wear when he left, and yet he seems to always land upright; be in a position to pull himself together, and be attractive enough to get the girl. Well, maybe not physically attractive enough, but strong enough to be able to strut without embarrassing himself by limping..
I felt it important to highlight his strengths, before explaining what happened today. 2 was doing his usual strut around; which means he was trying to control two territories that are unfortunately bisected by another males space, who doesn't take kindly to virile personalities. As these two were having it out (yet again), I noticed a new head coming out of a burrow. I left the boys to their land issues, and watched as a somewhat squat dog emerged from burrow XP. She turned around after she came out, so her back was to me, and I realized that with her low center of gravity and her particular marker, she looked like a tiger. Her identifier is 5STR, which stands for 5 stripe. She sat in the snow, looking around dazedly, as most dogs do upon first awakening, and then started to eat.
2, of course, spotted her almost immediately. He finished his business with 29, i.e sent him running, and swaggered over to 5STR, where she promptly tried to bite him, then lunged, as the winner of all fights male took off as fast as he could go. She stopped after a few feet, but he must have thought she was going to do serious damage, because he didn't stop until he'd entered the sage..where I think upon arrival he realized he needed to do some serious re-thinking of strategy...