Still loves getting mobbed by the barking canine (3,5)

I believe the answer is:

eye tooth

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'canine' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'still loves getting mobbed by the barking' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'still' could be 'yet' (yet can mean still or so far) and 'yet' is located in the answer.
'loves' could be 'oo' (love means 0 in tennis) and 'oo' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'the' is 'eth' which is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for eye tooth that I've seen is " Canine".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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