Per N&V post...this isn’t a wilderness area I guess.
So you may well be right regarding the pups.
I have a momma raccoon who comes around before dark and eats right out of my hand. She reaches and takes pieces of cookie I hand to her. But later in the night, when she brings her fice kits around (cute little buggers are less than six inches long each, not counting tails), I cannot reach out or she will snap at my hand. I wear gloves when the kits are around, but her earlier visits I need no protection at all, she is as gentle as can be.