What is Pup Play: The San Francisco trend in which men behave like dogs

"Puppy game" is the trend in the BDSM culture (which, by its acronyms, means slavery, discipline, domination, submission and sadomasochism) which has taken off in San Francisco, USA, and in which men act like dogs while wearing masks, muzzles, necklaces, straps and even tails to fill a good role.

People interested in this submission and domain practice Sometimes they grumble, bark, move their tails, play with balls or with their masters, but still claim to be a faithful pup. They can also choose their badual behavior and their identity in front of other partners.

Dr. Phillip Hammack, known as Turbo puppy, is one of the founders of City Pack Fog, he explained for Daily mail that the community of men who claim to be dogs It has increased significantly in the city since about 2014.

He mentioned that a lot of the members wear a collar and are locked, which means that they have an owner or a manager.

"The necklace is really important symbolically and it's something that most we tend to use almost all the time, at least when we're not working. The collar indicates the identity of our puppy. It's wearing our tag, "said the 43-year-old man.

Hammack pointed out that getting into this practice in San Francisco was easy because here "She's used to seeing different subcultures, to seeing outfits and interesting looks "

"There was a kind of subculture that It started to grow and take over as a pup or puppy and it attracted me because it seemed like a more rewarding approach to participating in a game or a twisted activity", the Doctor remembers his initiation in 2014.

Joe, another member of the Fog City Pack, said that This activity allows you to live the moment and clear your mind of your problems.

"Jumper (your name in the puppy's game) this allows me to be much more playful and social than it normally would beI think that, like Joe, I can be much more reserved, "he told Daily Mail.

Phillip Hammack, professor of psychology at the University of California at Santa Cruz, He added that for him, having a manager makes him feel protected, he therefore appreciates the structure in its dominant subordinate relationship, which is less aggressive.

"I think the puppy game is really light on the spectrum in terms of power play or role play versusSay, a dominatrix, "he said.

Hammack built his alpha puppy identity through his first such relationship and it was so He decided to found the group that is also his family.

"Before I knew it, there were several other young homobaduals who gravitated around us and looked at us like mentors, so me and that other alpha puppy, we built Fog City Pack and now there are nine puppies and we call ourselves family"he mentioned.

Interest in this practice, according to Hammack himself, it's because of social networks and events that promoteas well as for the sale of various items.

"Social networks really helped a lot in terms of destigmatization, normalization of badual diversity. So, I think that torsion is one of them. "

The Mr. S Leather store is the main sponsor of these items: "We launched our first leather hood in 2001. The puppy's game was not as big as today. It was a niche niche. In addition to the hood, we also wear slavery gloves that (a) the player used as "legs".