The cubs got a long beautifully this weekend.  In a clinical terms they have been displaying all the signs of being “preferred associates” including occasional allogrooming. (Miles to Timber; she almost NEVER licks him).  Timber is also becoming less inclined to flee at the first sign of obtrusion by Miles.  I even witnessed him planting his two front feet into her abdomen (ouch!!)  while glaring and hovering over her, ears flattened.  I don’t know how this stand off would have ended had I not shooed him away.  I was terribly proud of her for not surrendering her spot!!

Miles realizing he  has failed to maximize his potential to be a nuisance by merely sitting.