Today I had the great pleasure of giving my brother Primus his first leather pup hood.
It was a magical feeling that I had forgotten, just how special it is to slip into your first dog mask. Those first steps towards the acceptance and understanding of your life as a human pup.
I’m sure you can see in the picture above his huge smile. It’s an emotion that is hard to hide. Even though we can only see his eyes, we know that he is grinning ear to ear under those wonderful layers of leather.
From the outside it’s a physical form of an inner pup self.
From the inside it is so much more.
I love the feel of the leather against my face. As I tighten the lace at the back my whole head is firmly embraced by the leather.
The physical sensation is firm, vision is restricted due to the snout, hearing is muffled. All these help concentrate more canine senses. The smell of the leather is very sweet for my nose as is the same when I wear my rubberdawg hood.
As people can’t see my facial expressions my canine body postures become vital for communication.
All of these simple changes help me to focus on my canine self.
For the outside observer it’s simply a dog hood.
From the inside it’s a tool. An embodiment of my pup self that helps me zone into a more canine being.
As I lay beside Primus gently stroking his new leather mask I felt excitement of revisiting my own pup starts as well as the pleasure of the start of his.
Go forward sweet pup knowing that this hood is the start of a wonderful journey.
Hugs and tugs.
Gpup Alpha