A daily confrontation is building up between a mother dog and a little boy of a poor migrant family in Coimbatore, South India.

The family’s pet dog has given birth to a litter. Their one-year-old son wants to lay with the pups.

He goes to the corner to pick them up only to be thwarted by the anxious mother.

Anxious that he may harm the pups, she stops him and takes back her babies gently but firmly.

The family says the mother dog loves their son and would never harm him. But she knows where to draw the line.

The family is part of a poor group of artisans who sell handicrafts moving from city to city in India.

A daily confrontation is building up between a mother dog and the human baby of a poor migrant family in Coimbatore in South India.

The family’s pet dog has given birth to a litter. Their one-year-old son wants to lay with the pups.

He goes to the corner to pick them up only to be thwarted by the anxious mother.

Anxious that he may harm the pups, she stops him and takes back her babies gently but firmly.

The family says the mother dog loves their son and would never harm him. But she knows where to draw the line.

The family is part of a poor group of artisans who sell handicrafts moving from city to city in India.