Like all animal role play puppy and dog play require two things: intense team work and endless training. It is important to try and establish the boundaries of the dog role, before entering into the long – and demanding to both – training sequence that is required to make any form of puppy role play a success.

Let’s start with a few words about why it is so demanding. Unlike most other forms of role play, animal role play requires the slave to learn an entire different role, much of which is non-natural – i.e. non-comparable to human behavior. This requires training, a change in mindset and determination.

To the dominant it first of all requires a lot of patience, endless repeating (punishments will usually get you nowhere – understanding, support and endless training will) and strictness in the sense that he must be observant to every detail, no matter how futile. Doms with any experience in the area of animal role play – puppy, pony or otherwise – know that it takes even a very determined sub many years to be able to master an animal role with grace and reasonable perfection. Dog owners will know it sometimes takes ages to teach a real dog a trick – now the sub needs to learn to be a dog and THAN she needs to learn the tricks.

First things first

It is entirely possible to live like a dog in almost every aspect, even for a human being. Actually, there doesn’t have to be very much difference (apart from a few practical things, such as walking in the park). What is paramount however is that both partners determine how much and exactly what will and will not be part of the dog role (repeated evaluation is advised, since much of the original perspective will shift as training progresses).

The first important thing to establish is if – and if so how many – of the dog role will be part of every day life? Confused? Well, let us give you an example. If your sub is to be a German shepherd and she happens to be blond, it is more than logical that her hair needs to be colored and maybe even trimmed (since a German shepherd doesn’t have long hair). Poodles are blond/white and have curls. Other dogs are black and longhaired. Most dogs are multi-colored! The variations are endless, but most of this will have an impact on her every day appearance and hence should be discussed (By the way, long hair can very quickly become very impractical in a dog role).

Learning to be and crawl around on all fours for a longer period of time and with some grace requires long and intense training, actually daily training. The sub will need to learn to relief her knees, strengthen her back and shoulders and will have to learn to crawl gracefully. That is an every day training requirement and time and space should be incorporated in her – and the dominants’ – every day life. You will soon find other things become part of every day life as well, so talk about it and make a plan. Any successful animal role play does not have a chance without one.

The role itself

Let us help you by trying to take you through the aspects of the dog role and examine some the possible dilemmas and difficulties.

Communication is the first obstacle, you will run into. Dogs don’t talk. They bark, waggle their tail, drool and have all sorts of other non-verbal ways to communicate. The question is, do you want that. And if so, how do the two of you establish communication (you need at least a safety signal to allow the sub to – temporarily – step out of the dog role in order to be able to communicate).

Secondly, dog owners do not endlessly discuss items with their dog – they teach them to respond to commands. This may be very hard. Commands need to be clear and easy to understand. But it is also very tough to only respond to “heel”, “down” and “sit”, especially in the beginning. This may be confronting and frustrating to the slave and she needs time to adjust to that, again if all this is to be a long time success. A dog whistle won’t work, because people can hardly hear them. If the dom is planning to use whistle commands, he needs to buy a whistle the slave/dog can hear.

From the maximum perspective

While it is of course up to the two of you how much real dog behavior will be part of the role, we will talk you through a couple of aspects that are important and require decisions. Let’s do that with the help of a FAQ-list.

Can a human live like a dog on a 24/7 basis?

Yes – technically there is no problem with that. Of course some adjustments will need to be made, but from a technical point of view it is entirely possible. Weather or not that is a healthy situation is another story. It cannot be done in a situation where there are children around the house. You will probably also need to think about subjects, such as “what to do when others, such as friends and family, are around” and “what about work” as well as “who is doing household tasks and other duties” (dogs do not fill out tax returns or wash dishes).

Prolonged lack of communication especially will have a serious mental impact on the slave and may cause permanent mental damage. You will need to allow for “communication time”.

To Be Continued..

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