Partner preferences and asymmetries in social play among domestic dog, Canis lupus familiaris, littermates

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Greetings promote cooperation and reinforce social bonds among spotted hyaenas (2011, background): “domestic dogs increases across ontogeny and most closely resembles the dominance relationships within adult pairs (see Bauer & Smuts 2007; Ward et al. 2008).”
Empathy: Gender effects in brain and behavior (2014, background): “…lupus lupus) males and females have similar social roles (e.g., collectively rear offspring, cooperative hunting), and exhibit no differences in social play (Cordoni, 2009), but in domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) sex differences in play have been observed (Pal, 2008; Ward et al., 2008).”
Social play in captive wolves (Canis lupus): not only an immature affair (2009, background): “For canids, most studies have focused on play behaviour of domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), a species renowned for exhibiting high levels of intra- and inter-specific play (Russell, 1936; Lund & Vestergaard, 1998; Rooney, 1999; Bauer & Smuts, 2007; Ward et al., 2008).”
Dominance in relation to age, sex, and competitive contexts in a group of free-ranging domestic dogs (2010, background): “Ward et al. (2008) reported an increased asymmetry over time among littermates during social play; this may simply reflect dominance relationships formed during the juvenile period, making puppy play more similar to that of adult dogs in this respect.”