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Issue 1: November 2017
                   Issue 1: December 2017





       SERIOUSLY, WHAT IS IT?!






       by Mark Wilson

               ithout running the risk of starting   Wait, I hear voices! Is it spirits from beyond  about the mental aspect of embracing
               this like an AA meeting; Hi, i’m   the grave, or the spirits from last night?   your pup side. However, without clear
       WSparks and i’ve been a human                                            boundaries, everyone gets classed as a
       pup over two years now. In that time I’ve   No? Oh right, it’s those of you asking what   pup. So to tackle the hard question, I’m
       done a lot, learned a lot, started a lot,   pups actually do.            going to set this boundary. To be a pup,
       shared a lot, but there is always one                                    you must associate yourself in some way
       question that comes back to me daily, and   For those of you with preconceived notions  with the canine family (kitties and ponies
       that is, what is pup play? So, strap your   that this is some ultra BDSM, Slave, power   are slightly different, but friends!), and must
       ass in, and get prepared to learn some   play stuff where a pup is degraded and   try and express yourself in some way as a
       things you didn’t expect about what is argu-  locked up, this is gonna come as a shock.  dog/pup. The rest, is up to you.
       ably the most friendly, inviting, open and
       accessible kink out there.          Pups generally do what the fuck they want!    You want to be a pup who wears rubber
                                            That’s because participants set the       and loves cuddles? Good on you.
                                                boundaries, and that’s what makes    You want to be a leather pup? Fantastic
                                                  this such a great, accessible kink.    You’re a bigger, chubbier pup? We will
                                                                                    welcome you with open arms, so long
                                                    You don’t have to go spending       as you cuddle us.
                                                    all your money on gear.       You’re a slim pup? We promise not to
                                                    You don’t have to hand yourself       break you by jumping on you.
                                                    over to a Dominant. Hell, you    You’re less able bodied and can’t go
                                                    don’t have to be even slightly       down on all fours? Don’t worry, we will
                                                   submissive! Don’t wanna be       fetch you squeakies!
                                                   down on all fours barking today?    You’re more shy and don’t really want
                                                   No problem! In a closed          to show yourself off? It’s okay, most
                                                   relationship, or don’t want to       pup events are non-sexual and
                                                   involve pup play in your bedroom       non-nudity anyways!
                                                  affairs? That’s cool! I myself am
                                                 what you may call a social pup.   Whoever you are, we welcome you.
                                                I’m no less of a ‘proper’ pup, but my   To liken pup play to another kink, we’re
                                               interactions are strictly non-sexual.   gonna talk about furries. You know them,
                                                 Say that in another kink and you’d   the big furballs who dress in those big furry
                                                    probably find yourself quite   suits, looking like walking talking tigers
                                                      lonely. Not here!         and everything else under the sun! They’re
                                                                                very in touch with their inner animals, just
                                                        “So, I can do anything I   like us pups. But why are furries dressed
                                                         want, but there must be   in cute suits and pups most often in BDSM
                                                          stuff I HAVE to do?”   gear? Well, backgrounds quite simply.
                                                           you say? Now, this is   Furries were born more out of the stylised,
                                                           where it gets more   anthropomorphised cartoons, illustrations
                                                            complicated. Not    and media such as Kimba The White Lion
                                                             everyone is a pup.   and Disney’s Robin Hood.
                                                              Asking what people
                                                               must do to be    Pups had a less innocent upbringing,
                                                                classified as   as we came from the world of sex.
                                                                 a pup is a     But it’s safe to say we’ve carved our place
                                                                  contentious   in more safe for work environments, and
                                                                  question. If I   pup events are more like furmeets with
                                                                   were to say,   less fur and more rubber!
                                                                    get down
                                                                    on all fours   Now, that was a really long winded
                                                                     and bark,   answer! Perhaps you want something a
                                                                     that would   bit shorter to tell that guy on Scruff who
                                                                     disrespect   keeps asking what on earth a pup is?
                                                                     those less   Tell him this.
                                                                     able, and
                                                                     also those  Pup play is an open and accessible kink.
                                                                     who say    People associate themselves with dogs
                                                                     pup play   and express themselves as such. The rest
                                                                     is more    is their own personal choice!

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