pds, pds, everywhere!!

Today both my girls went. At the same time. Translation: two female dogs, two constantly dueling resident males, immigrant males dropping by and getting kicked out all day long. This, of course, is super interesting, but when there's two different copulations going on in two different places, and both need to be recorded, then things start getting crazy. As all of the above was happening today, I'm going to just highlight the best parts.
In all the craziness that occurs every mating season, the girls do have some choice in the males they want to mate with; not a lot, as they're so much smaller, but some. They do what we call a 'solicit', which is essentially this: see a male that looks good, sashay over, bat your eyelashes, give him a nudge, and then trot sexily away. Works like a charm; the male follows along behind panting, and the pair go down a burrow together for some alone time.
Unfortunately for RR2, her timing was not the best. Her two would-be studs were in a disagreement, as in trying to kill each other. 2 and 29 had been eyeing each other for the past few minutes at burrow X1, when 2 exploded, and shot at 29. They rolled around in a pd ball, and quickly fell into X1. They continued their disagreement even as they fell, as evident by the flailing limbs and occasional head that popped up. They started round two just as RR2 strutted over to 2, and managed to flatten her on the way to falling in burrow XJ. She was left looking dazed and disappointed, until 45 stepped in to break her fall, so to speak. The boys continued with some sprints to end their fight.
50, on the other hand, was having other problems. Just as she seduced her guy into a prospective burrow, she was interrupted, as he saw it fit to chase out any competition. They were cosily ensconced in ZW', when he shot out to put some other stud male in his place. Today was just not 50's day, maybe tomorrow?