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One of the things that keeps me bringing back to the virtual world Second Life is the wonderful array of people you meet there with the various kinks they have. More then once an off hand comment has led into deep discussion about various kinks.
Much so of this happened last night. A comment lead to quite quickly through a maze of subjects including bondage, control and dove into the world of kind head first when we started to talk about the consequences of training, depersonalisation, dehumanisation and pet play.
This led me to think I really should write something about pet play as it is not a subject that I have a touched upon greatly. Even if I have done so in the past, I have not recently written anything about it. Which thus means it would be a great way to actually reintroduce the topic.
However as my mind is known to do it – it does hop from topic to topic sometimes, so while getting ready for this day, I came up with the idea that at some point I should write something more about service and the place that a maid and/or maid roleplay can have in that. I will however stick with my current chosen subject of pet-play. Mostly because I have already done the outline. This means that I will shelve the other subject for another rainy Sunday.
So, with that said; let’s get playful …
What is pet play exactly. Obviously the name gives much of it away, but as I am known to do, I am going to kick of with some general accepted definitions:
Animal roleplay is a form of roleplay where at least one participant plays the part of an animal. As with most forms of roleplay, its uses include play and psychodrama. Pet play is a form of animal roleplay where an individual may take part in a dominant/submissive relationship by being treated as an animal.
Animal roleplay can be non-sexual and has been used in many tribal cultures, both in times recent as well in the past. However for the sake of this blog and to narrow down the scope we are only featuring the bdsm variant of pet play.
So why do people engage into pet play. There are so many reasons, but mostly it comes down to because people love it. What they love, is to each of our own to decide. Whether it is the control element, the humiliation, the peace that comes from it (strangely as that may seem).
Maybe some get a kick out of being dependent for a period of time on someone else. Just to revel in not having any kind of responsibility, and leave the humdrum of the mundane behind you for a while and let your owner and/or dominant take care of everything for a while.
I am aware that there are lifestyle relationships where that is normally the case anyway (such as master/slave, tpe, 24/7 type of relationships) but to become a pet, is taking it even a step further. Please do note that we are talking about human pets here. Sure we may take on some characteristics but in the end of the day we are still human.
In pet play there are a few type of animals that are more common then others. Mostly you will see puppy, pony and kitten types. A few less common but not unusual types are the cow, pig or bunny.
Especially puppy and kitten are aimed more at the playfulness and sometimes mischievous characters of these animal types. Where as a pony or a cow, could include many other traits, such as pulling carts or giving milk for the dominant that want that.
Personally speaking I do gravitate generally speaking towards a kitten, perhaps not a huge surprise that my given form in Second Life is that of a neko, a cat girl. However pet play goes in that sense much further. A neko often while having certain cat like characteristics is by and large still fully human, and will interact thus as such.
Which brings us to the next point, how do you engage with a human pet, and how do you engage as a human pet. To start with the latter. The first realisation you need to have is that as a pet you can not use human speech. Your communication will become extremely limited.
You will be left a lot more dependent on non-verbal communication or pet-language (think barking, mewling) and your owner may choose or not to acknowledge that (please, keep some common sense and see my point later about safety). For this you need to imagine how a real animal would convey things as needs, wants, affection to another person and try and best to mimic that.
Be creative, nudge bowls if you want a drink, rub your face against your owners leg, jump up onto their knees, there are so many different actions you can act out. Having a good knowledge of the animal you want to portray will be very much helpful. Besides that? Well that depends a lot on what you and your dominant want. After all, let us not forget that you are a human pet, not an animal. So some eschewing of reality can always happen.
How to engage as a dominant with your pet? Use simple words, short commands, tone of voice infliction. Remember that they are essential pets and should be treated as such. You would not ask your dog to go into the kitchen and make you a cup of tea. Do not expect the same of your submissive when she is in an human pet state to do the same. Correct her if necessary, but use it in the same way you would say, correct or chastise a dog, perhaps with a rolled up newspaper
Which leads to the next point, how do you train a submissive to be your pet. This very much depends on your pet type and the chosen path. For puppies it can include things like fetch, walking on the leash, going outside for the toilet needs. For cats it can be playing with toys, running after laser pointers (please be careful of the eyes with those), not being allowed on the furniture (although knowing cats….)
For being a pony (one of the pet training I have actually experience with), there are walking exercises and experiences such as car pulling. For human cow types there are specialised pumps that are not as powerful but will have the effect you want.
There are a lot of other ways you can train a pet. For example; a pet should eat out of bowls, not using their hands or knife and fork. Not using speech, restriction in movement in some cases or at least limitation in using their hands. After all pets have paws, not fingers and thumbs to work with. Depending on how far you take it, you can also institute a litter box for your pet or as mentioned previously making them go outside.
However (and you knew this would come);
Please be safe in all your approaches. Taking your submissive outside to wee in the grass may sound like fun, but what if the neighbours sees you. They never consented to this. So make sure you can do this only when you are absolutely sure you can not be spotted.
There are other considerations. While the thought of perhaps giving them petfood as treats may be fun to think of and help to push a submissive into a deeper mindset, please realise that these are made for animals. Humans have different dietary needs, and you should try and replicate the effect without needing to resort to pet food. However having that said and done, I can think of a way of incorporating actual animal food as a sort of mind fuck, without actually giving them some, such as showing them a bag of actual doggy treats but having prior replaced the treats with human type treats. Or, since they are pets and on the ground: Show them a tin of animal food, let them sniff it. Then out of sight, perform a sleight of hand and use something like meat loaf with ketchup or a meat based terrine to actually give them something healthy.
I know some people like the idea of shock collars, and while I can see how they could be used to enforce a silence, I think you should be very careful and read the instructions. Electric play is not one of the things I am big on – but some people love it. However I am not fond of using something that is designed to work under entirely different circumstances for entirely different type of skins to use on humans.
Make sure you have a safeword, or if you really do not want them to talk, a safe signal. As a dominant, please let me remind you that they are in a pet state. They can not communicate or express themselves as well as they normally could. As they are your pet (literally in this case), you need to monitor them more carefully and look after them a lot more. Not only onto their physical well being , but also on their mental and emotional state of mind.
Last but not least, give the submissive time to come out of pet-space. The simplified state of mind of a pet can have a very calming on some and it may take the mind some time to adjust afterwards. Please make sure the submissive has plenty of aftercare and make sure they are fully recovered, that they have fully made the transition from being a pet to being human with all the mental and emotional faculties that come with it.
I hope that this at least gives you a little bit of insight into pet play and what accounts to it. I do advise you if you want to go down this path that you do a lot more research then just this blog. There are many sources out there for those wanting to engage. Make sure you educate yourself fully, and that goes both for the dominant and the submissive.
And with that, as i am apt to say, is that. I shall go and post this. I hope you enjoyed reading it and I shall look forward to writing more next week. Until then, please have a wonderfull good week and as always;
Stay safe, have fun, be good
lexi
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