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Hey there Pups!

So Seca Pup and I ventured out to introduce a bit more rubber pup play to the Auckland scene.

Urge Black Auckland was a kick ass night and just wanted to give a huge thanks to Paul and Allan for an amazing night. Special cred to Love Your Condom NZAF as well for the great pics. You guys rock!!!

So if you are visiting NZ, be sure to look for any of the Urge parties. 🙂

Hugs and tugs,

Gpup Alpha

Just two weeks ago Sirius Pups were invited to participate in a short documentary “The Secret Life Of Human Pups” by journalist Patrick Abboud @ The Feed SBS.

I have to say it was not an easy decision for us. Each participant had concerns, worries and hesitations. These aside, we were keen to help show a side of human pup play that we feel has not been captured before. A chance to show a human side without a “freak show kink” elements that has been portrayed in some previous dealings with the topic.

Today just 24 hours post release I am so relieved to see that not only a wonderfully professional and kind portrayal of animal role play, but also an overwhelmingly positive response from our community.

Participation in this project was not an easy decision. I had my own particular concerns.

Would I still have a job after it has aired?
What would happen if my patients saw this?
How were we going to be portrayed? After all we don’t have control of the editing once the shoot was finished.

So by Monday night we were on the edge of our seats waiting to see how we were going to be portrayed.

The final result? WOW!!! We were all so impressed with the wonderful piece that was created. If you’ve not seen it, please check it out below.

The Secret Life Of Human Pups by Patrick Abboud, SBS The Feed

What can I say, the response has been wonderfully positive. I am heartened to have had messages from Europe, The USA, Asia and Australia all sharing their own personal moments having watched the piece.

Despite waking at 4am worried, I awoke to wonderful messages of support. I had a totally normal day at work. I saw patients, had lunch and did it all again in the afternoon. All normal, “nothing to see here”….

Ahh so the world is still spinning, perhaps just that little bit “ruffier” knowing that coming out as a human pup is one thing I don’t need to do any more.

Huge hugs and tugs and thanks to all involved, it’s been a leap of faith and absolutely worth it.

If this piece has touched you, we’d love to hear. Let us hear your human pup pride 🙂 . RAWR!

Gpup Alpha, a fucking proud Sirius Pup.

Today I share the final part of the 3 part interview with Stephen Morgan, Laird Leatherman 2015-16.

Laird Leatherman Stephen Morgan Interviewed Part 1 of 3

Laird Leatherman Stephen Morgan Interviewed Part 2 of 3

Gpup Alpha

Full Transcript here:

Gpup: In the top twenty there’s a, the marking system was forty percent for leather image, forty percent for presentation and twenty percent for physical appearance. For the people who were worried about bodies, it would appear that they’ve diminished that a little bit but you know.

Stephen: Yeah. That’s not the main focus of it.

Gpup: Now one of the commentary that I noticed, I was following along the Twitter feed during the process and there were people on stage who weren’t really … There were some people who could argue that they weren’t wearing leather or they weren’t wearing enough leather.

Stephen: In regards to the leather image section?

Gpup: Yeah.

Stephen: Leather image is not limited to just cow. Leatherman image is not just limited to hide. The classic of a leatherman going back to the seventies and eighties usually involves a black t-shirt, a bar vest and a pair of blue jeans. There’s not that much hide in that. I think if someone can carry off an image that represents the leather community, it doesn’t matter if they’re not wearing that much leather or not.

Gpup: If we look at your shirt, that is an example of the almost prototype leather man of the past say, that it’s a masculine image, with or without facial hair, but generally it’s. Now if we were to contrast that with say somebody wearing leather corset, how does that sit in the context of the IML competition?

Stephen: I think there’s scope in the IML competition to encourage not just masculine expressions of leather, which was probably made last year with Tuga with the high heals and the corset. There was a couple this year that were expressing themselves.

Gpup: Did that come across more as an expression of self rather than an expression of an ideology?

Stephen: Yeah, in both cases it was. They happened to love leather, but they have a more feminine side to their personalities. They were on stage being themselves, and I’d much rather see that than someone who’d much rather be in a corset standing out there in a pair of chaps.

Gpup: Yeah, yeah. Okay. I think that was one of the things that I noticed, because I don’t know these people, it’s really hard to do it from a Twitter feed isn’t it?

Stephen: Yeah, true.

Gpup: If wearing a corset is them, if I went and visited their home and they’re strutting around vacuuming in their corset …

Stephen: Jeremy said I’d love to have a zero win twice, it’s just exist in a corset. It’s like you go, you earned that. It’s yours and that’s how you … If that’s how you fantasize leather, then you should have every right to be able to express them in that way.

Gpup: Absolutely, it’s not like Violet and Chapsky has the exclusive rights to corsets in America. Okay. I was going through the contestants, and it’s a fairly white male event when you look at it from a very superficial point of view. I had a really interesting interview with one of the Onyx brothers and fascinating and so wonderful to hear of the strength that’s coming from that group. There were a few guys of Asian decent as well. Do you think that there’s room for more diversity within the leather community?

Stephen: One of the things is that’s wonderful that the leather community is that it embraces diversity. The number of non-white and Caucasian competitors was pretty, I think it was well represented there. It’s probably a fair representation of the existing leather community in the USA. There’s always greater scope for making the community more diverse, but I think the numbers that were there was probably because of how the actual leather community is represented.

Gpup: Okay, so you’d say it is a fair reflection of this is how it is currently?

Stephen: Yeah.

Gpup: Cool. How would you compare the US leather scene to the Australian leather scene?

Stephen: It’s much grander in scale. That’s the first glaringly obvious thing. I think there’s geographical variations in the US leather scene, from east to west coast, from northeast to southeast.

Gpup: In what way?

Stephen: I haven’t been to all those communities. I’m judging this on the basis of how they were represented to me through the contestants that I know. I spent time in New York, I spent time in San Francisco, a little bit of time in Miami, so I haven’t actually seen a lot of the non sort of main touristy cities in the US. Melbourne’s got a really strong leather scene that is up there with everything that I’ve seen anywhere else in terms of diversity, in terms of size, and in terms of community involvement with those that are in the leather community here. I think that you can divide the leather community in the states into the party community and those that take it a lot more seriously. I think that division’s comparable to here as well.

Gpup: Say for example, if you go to one of the local leather parties, that you’re going to have people that you know, you’ve arrived and you know well okay these are established people within the community and I know them well, and then you will see some people who might still have the swing tag hanging from their mandatory piece of leather. A similar comparison has been made within the pup community as well, but I wonder, these are the people who we’re going to need to foster because …

Stephen: I was one of those people at one point, where I went to a party up with the Birdheims, but I found a community that I resonated with. Not everyone has a full kit of gear when they first go out.

Gpup: It’s expensive.

Stephen: It is very expensive. It’s probably why you see the rising popularity of the rubber community with the younger guys, it’s because that it is more economically accessible. At the same time, I don’t think it’s fair to be dismissive in any way, shape or form with those people because they are …

Gpup: The future.

Stephen: Yeah.

Gpup: Within the leather community, there’s a lot of crossover, and one of the big crossovers is, and it’s a community you’ve had connection with as well as the pup community. What was IML like from a handler perspective?

Stephen: There were a lot of pups there. The popularity of pup play is growing and growing and growing and is becoming a very integral part to the leather community as well. I was actually waiting for my interview at the time, but they had a discussion on leather  pup play, and that they had allowed a certain sized venue within the hotel. They had that to capacity and twice over, which gives an idea of how interested people are in it. It’s really great to see the diversity of the hoods that have been developed and how much more intricate they’re getting, which means people can express their own identities, rather than having a generic off-the-shelf hood in black. Which was where things were at not too long ago. I think the pup community assimilates well with the broader leather community, and is integral particularly from a handlers point of view. It does sort of sit quite nicely.

Gpup: I think currently there’s and I think this is almost universal. I don’t know but it’s the Tupperware drawer issue that there’s lots of pups but not quite as many handlers. I wonder is this, again are we fostering new generations of handlers and leathermen and you know from a futuristic perspective, if we project ourselves forward, what do you think is some good things we can do to encourage mentorship within all pup kink communities.

Stephen: Making sure the events are inclusive is the key one. If you encourage events that are say are just pups, and there’s no crossover with the leather community, you might find that there are some very willing leathermen that would be handlers for pups that maybe don’t identify as pups themselves, but enjoy being in that environment. If you can cross over and cross pollinate events with different sectors of the community, you’re going to find people that resonate with one or two different elements. That will be important in creating the environment where mentorship can happen.

Gpup: I think initially some of the interface between say the pup community and the leather community was a little bit awkward, and there were some rough patches, but it would appear that that’s, everyone’s making it a safe ground now.

Stephen: Yeah. I think mostly that’s because there’s no definition of what pup play is. There’s no definition of what constitutes a good pup or a bad pup or an indifferent pup. People can get involved into that scene to the depth that they’re comfortable with. I think that’s the key thing to remember with all kink players that people are going to work within their own comfort levels. For some it might mean getting into full kit, helm, hand pads, knee pads and getting out and completely pupping out. For others it might be a way they interact in their greetings with their mates. For others it might be a more sexual role, for others it won’t be a sexual role at all. That’s something that I think, because there’s no handbook or hand guides for these kinks that have been long established. Everyone has the right to express their kink how they see fit.

Gpup: I think we forget that it’s not a zero sum game. Everyone’s able to come to the table and bring their own, it’s like pot luck really isn’t it. Pretty gross.

Stephen: Yeah. One thing I enjoy when I greet pups is to greet them in a pup manner. That doesn’t make me a pup because that’s not what I identify with.

Gpup: I think if you [inaudible 00:14:00] pups, we don’t greet them in a human way every time either.

Stephen: No. There’s that sort of element which is … That’s what’s great about bringing diversity into any community, is that we write our own rules.

Gpup: Yeah. We’ve jabbered on for some time, quite some time and I really appreciate you energy and being able to keep up with this. Perhaps in closing where do you see the leather community in the next five to ten years?

Stephen: I wish I had a crystal ball. I would like to hope that the leather community is going to … It’s going to be different to what I expect. That’s the one thing that I am sure about. I would like to hope that it’s grown. I was going to say that I hope some of the misconceptions and people’s prejudices about it would be broken down but in the other respect that’s part of the allure of the community. If it was openly on the table for everyone, I think it wouldn’t have the magic that I find with it. I’d like to think that for those who are interested in it, they have a safe place to come and explore at their own pace.

Gpup: With that in mind, if there was a young person who’s sitting at home, watching this video, and they don’t know where to start and they … No connections to the community at all, what would you recommend to them?

Stephen: Reach out to … If you’re in Australia, reach out to one of your local clubs. We’ve got them in Brisbane, we’ve got them in Sidney, we’ve got them in Melbourne. Reach out to a title holder of those clubs of our. Ask them where would be the best place to go. Ask them what would they want to do. Come along to something. Remember if you come along to something, just take it at your own pace.

Gpup: You don’t have to have formal leathers to [inaudible 00:16:31][crosstalk 00:16:31]

Stephen: You don’t have to have a … No, no. God no. Borrow something off a friend, see if you like it.

Gpup: Yeah, yeah.

Stephen: Come along, have a look and give it a shot.

Gpup: Cool. If somebody wanted to contact you, what would be the best way for them to contact you?

Stephen: Go through Facebook and search Laird Leatherman that would be a very easy way of doing it.

Gpup: Okay. Sounds good. Are there any closing points that you would like to share with the group?

Stephen: All I can say is get involved if you want to do it. Get out there and throw your hat into the ring, because you’ll have a good time.

Gpup: Cool. Well thank you very much Steve. You’re Daddy Steve, I apologize.

Stephen: It doesn’t matter.

Gpup: Your time is really appreciated and I look forward to hearing the response from the community from your great open and sharing in this chat.

Today Bolt and I talk about how it’s important to get the most out of your human pup play you need to consider an earnest approach to human pup training. Just like a sport, training, in particular puppy training, will help you get the most out of your human pup experience and pup space.

There is more to human pup play than putting a collar on.

Today I want to share how the key to human pup play is not held within the body, but you can gain access to “pup zone” with practice and acquiring the skills of human dog play.

Human pup postures are some of the first trainings you will get as a Sirius Pup.

• Present,
• Kneel
• All Fours

These pup postures can be used to control the experience a human pup has. Hood also change the way a pup experiences their environment. Human Pup Hoods are a training tool by changing vision, hearing helping centre a pup in “the now”.

Would you like to learn more about human pup training? Be sure to check out these posts @ Sirius Pup Australia:

• What Is Human Pup Training?
• Master Learning
• Fostering Love Of Learning
• Giving Positive Feedback
• Listening To You
• Handling Conflict
• What Is An Alpha?
• Why Pup Training?
• Resisting Pupspace
• Meeting A New Pup
• Relaxing

Happy training pups.

Hugs and tugs, Gpup Alpha

Full Human Pup Training Transcript Here:

Pup Bolt: Being a handler is a lot like owning a dog, a bio dog, a biological dog. I don’t think we’ve explained that much in this channel before, but a bio dog versus a human dog is completely different.

Gpup Alpha: Absolutely, and you can lock up a bio dog in the back yard, and people don’t get too upset, but if you leave your human pup in the back yard.

Pup Bolt: Yeah, they wouldn’t be happy about that, I don’t think.

Gpup Alpha: Bio pups, they’re a lot more harder. They’re hard work.

Pup Bolt: They’re work.

Gpup Alpha: You’ve really got put, which is why when it comes to human pup play, it’s important that you are willing to put in the same level of work.

Pup Bolt: Yes.

Gpup Alpha: Because some people, they think, I put a collar on. I’m an human pup.

Pup Bolt: It’s not exactly the same.

Gpup Alpha: There’s more to it. There’s more to it than just putting a collar on. There’s actually stuff to learn. At Serious Pup, that’s one of the things that we’re really big on.

Pup Bolt: Oh a plug. What is that a shirt from SeriousPup.com?

Gpup Alpha: No, SiriusPup.net

Pup Bolt: My bad.

Gpup Alpha: There’s skills to be learned. There’s skills to be learned, because one of the things that I’ve heard a lot, and that I don’t necessarily agree with, is that pup play in innate. It’s inside me, and I’m just releasing it, right? I will tell you now that I do not share any DNA with a dog. None at all.

Pup Bolt: Don’t think so.

Gpup Alpha: No, but to be able to enjoy the puppy experience and the Nivana of the puppy experience, as everybody calls, is the pup space, is actually a process of work by you practice something. Are you a sporty person?

Pup Bolt: I play rugby.

Gpup Alpha: You play rugby. Have you every played a game of rugby where it’s almost like the whole thing was in slow motion, because you were doing the actions, you never thought about it.

Pup Bolt: Oh yes, I know exactly what I’m doing. Once you learn the rules, you know exactly how it works, and you just flow with it.

Gpup Alpha: Yeah, so it’s that flow peak experience. When you learn the skills of human pup play, you can have the same flow peak experience, which in many ways, is what the head space is about. It’s about not having to think. It’s about being able to release what are the tensions of they day.

Pup Bolt: That’s cool. Yeah, exactly.

Gpup Alpha: To get to that you have to know the skills, and so it’s important to learn some.

Pup Bolt: Important, you heard it here.

Gpup Alpha: Yeah, but even simple things like knowing the positions. Do you guys teach the positions here?

Pup Bolt: No.

Gpup Alpha: You’ve got the first three positions that you get taught with us is that you have to be able to present a kneel and an all fours. Present is when you’re kneeling with your paws on your knees, and then you slide your paws forward, and that’s a kneel. When you’re on all four positions, then that’s an all fours. Originally, when I learned that stuff, I was like, “Oh, why do I need to know this? This just seems really silly,” but if you put a pup into a present position, their head is up, and they can actually look around the room, and they can see stuff. Whereas if you put somebody in an all fours, because of the nature of the neck, they can only see down.

Pup Bolt: They look at the ground.

Gpup Alpha: Yeah, so if you’re a handler, and you don’t want your pup seeing what you’re doing, you put them in an all fours. Put them in an all fours, and then they can’t actually see what’s going on, so you can control the environment.

Pup Bolt: This is good.

Gpup Alpha: If you want the pup to be alert, to be able to look you in the face, and to be able to see what you’re doing, you put them in a present, because then the heads right up, and they can move their head around. Do you know what I mean?

Pup Bolt: Yeah, I see exactly what you mean, this is training.

Gpup Alpha: Yeah, absolutely.

Pup Bolt: Training 101 for a pup handler.

Gpup Alpha: Yeah, and there’s other things. People talk about hoods, and they say the hood is an expression of the pup’s self, and it is, but pup hoods also help create the head space. When it covers your ears, you lose auditory import.

Pup Bolt: A good portion of it, yeah.

Gpup Alpha: Yeah, so you can’t hear as much. You also lose a lot of you peripheral vision, because of the nature of the eyes, so that narrows in the field of vision, so it really forces you to concentrate on whatever’s in front of you, and that’s the same as being concentrated on the now. As a training tool, a hood isn’t just about looking pretty. It actually puts you closer into the head space, as well.

Pup Bolt: That’s so cool. Look at you learning.

Gpup Alpha: For me, people say, you don’t have to have gear, you can be a … What did they call it? They said a flesh pup. You can be a flesh pup. You don’t need gear. I think when you’re first starting pup play, don’t go and spend $2,000 on gear.

Pup Bolt: That’s expensive.

Gpup Alpha: It is, and the gear’s not cheap. You want to choose good gear, don’t buy cheap shit off eBay, because it’s cheap stuff off eBay. Seriously, buy the proper stuff ,because it’s going to last.

Pup Bolt: Yeah, improper padding for your knees is the worst ever.

Gpup Alpha: Yes, and I always say the first things you should be buying is knee pads, and wrist guards.

Pup Bolt: Oh yeah, 100%. The first time I went to a march, all I wore was wraps. Worst idea ever.

Gpup Alpha: Padding is good.

Pup Bolt: Yeah, padding is good.

Gpup Alpha: Especially in the knees. From a biological perspective, unless you’re a baby, your body is not used to having gravity go through the knees, the same way that when you’re in an all fours position. I’ve got a couple of physiotherapist mates that are teaching me how to move fast in an all fours position, which is really …

Pup Bolt: That’s so good.

Gpup Alpha: It’s more tricky that you think. There’s a lot of kinesthetics involved with that.

Pup Bolt: Lots of hip movement.

Gpup Alpha: It’s like a Pilates class. As a side tip, if you want to have a really good sex life, I highly recommend Pilates, really recommend Pilates.

Pup Bolt: Cool tips with the Gpup Alpha.

Gpup Alpha: Keep them little. I’m all you know.

Pup Bolt: I’m all you know. Yes.

Gpup Alpha: Absolutely, Pilates for pups. Wasn’t there somebody who did a Yoga class for pups?

Pup Bolt: Yes, it was last year, for sure. Actually in foursome, and I think I remember hearing 9 o’clock.

Gpup Alpha: Okay, that’s great.

Pup Bolt: There’s Yoga classes for pups too.

Gpup Alpha: A tip for handlers, you might want to attend that. If you attend that, you might know which pups are more flexible. The more you know.

Pup Bolt: Hey.