00:00I'm Henrich, this is my partner Lola, and she dresses up as a puppy.
00:04Puppy play is really like an all the time thing for us.
00:06Some friends will be like, why would you do that? That's really weird.
00:10I get creepy comments that disgust me, but I'm not disgusted with who I am.
00:15Riley's both of our friends, and we thought it would just be about time to invite him over
00:21and show him the whole puppy play thing.
00:24Me and Henrich's relationship, obviously I know that I'm also a human,
00:28but I'm also his dog.
00:31Like, woof woof, take to the park dog.
00:36I cannot fathom, which is the idea of it.
00:42I'm Lola, and this is my partner Henrich, and I love being his puppy.
00:46We first met at a little cafe together that we both worked at.
00:50I was always kind of a puppy, and he knew about that before we started dating,
00:54but it did take me a while to kind of properly open up to him with it.
00:58So, right now, Henrich's making me some food in my dog bowl,
01:03and putting some water in there so that I can have a drink and have a little snack.
01:08Ever since I was kind of little, I've had a connection to the whole dog or wolf thing.
01:16Like, when we'd play house as kids, someone would be the mum, someone would be the dad, and I'd be the dog.
01:20But then, once I turned 18 and I got to research into some different things,
01:24I was like, oh, this puppy play thing, that kind of is rad as hell.
01:28Maybe I'll try that.
01:29And then, ever since, I've been super, like, attached to it.
01:32First time Lola ever asked me about it, I was a bit like, oh yeah, sure, we can try that.
01:36It was very nerve-wracking to ask him.
01:38Honestly, wasn't very surprised.
01:40She kind of just does act like a dog a lot of the time.
01:45You're not wrong.
01:46Puppy play is really, like, an all-the-time thing for us.
01:48It just kind of works into every single part of our relationship.
01:51So, sometimes, he'll just be, like, giving me head scratches,
01:54and I'll, like, nuzzle into his chest, or, like, he'll say that I did a really good job at something,
01:59and it'll just make me, like, you know, really happy.
02:02Sometimes, he'll be like, oh, sit, or do this, or here's your bowl, and eat out of that.
02:06This is my water bowl, and this one's my food bowl, and this is my cute little dog bed.
02:12I like to sit on it when he's cooking up there and doing stuff.
02:18It's just, like, a nice place to, like, chill out, be on my phone, or chewing on my toys.
02:23But it's not really comfortable enough to sleep on at night time.
02:27I do sleep on a regular old human bed.
02:30I've always been an incredibly anxious person ever since I was a little kid.
02:33To be able to dog out for a while and just, like, relax while he takes care of other things means that it's really, like, let's go of human worries.
02:44Riley's both of our friends, and we thought it would just be about time to invite him over and show him the whole puppy play thing.
02:52Most of my other friends know about it, so we thought he might as well know about it, too.
02:57I think he'd be like, oh, yeah, that's interesting, and then have, like, a confused look on his face.
03:03I think it's a bit out of left field for him.
03:06My name is Riley. I'm friends with Henrik and Lola.
03:08I think they're a really cute couple.
03:10Don't know why they want me here today, but I'm interested to find out.
03:14Here we go.
03:15Hello.
03:16How it do? How it do?
03:17Pretty good, you?
03:18Yeah, not bad.
03:19Why did you bring me here again?
03:20Oh, you know, I just had something to tell you.
03:23Hey, Riley.
03:24What?
03:25How are you doing?
03:27As you can see, there is some dog things around, and there's no dog around.
03:33So, um, what we're here to tell you today is, um, I'm the dog.
03:43You're the dog?
03:45Yeah.
03:46Like, in me and Henrik's relationship, obviously, I know that I'm also a human, but I'm also his dog.
03:56Like, woof, woof, take to the park dog.
04:01So, we don't really go to the park, per se.
04:03It's not really, like, a in public thing most of the time.
04:07Right.
04:08But, like, uh, kind of like a de-stressing in our own home thing.
04:15I'm so confused.
04:16That is very fair.
04:17The gist of it is just kind of, like, getting out of the stresses of human life and just being able to, like, kind of, like, escape it into, like, a world of being, like,
04:30a dog.
04:31I'm very much struggling to comprehend.
04:33So, instead of sitting in my bed worrying about life, I go, hey Henrik, could I dog out for a while?
04:40And then I don't have to do anything or think about anything for a while.
04:45So, do you want to maybe, like, sit down at the table and chat about it for a bit?
04:48Sure.
04:49Point.
04:50Have you eaten dog food?
04:54No.
04:55I don't, I don't eat dog food.
04:57I do eat from a dog bowl sometimes.
04:59Okay.
05:00So, like, imagine, like, Henrik preparing, like, regular food.
05:02Like, that type of spaghetti bolognese?
05:03Yup.
05:04And then I eat it out of the dog bowl instead of, like, from a regular bowl.
05:08Since what are you too messy?
05:10Yeah.
05:11It is quite messy.
05:12Yeah.
05:13Who else knows about this?
05:15So, my family know.
05:20Right.
05:21That was a whole thing.
05:23I've told my family about the puppy play.
05:27Um, and it took them a bit to really get it because it doesn't make a lot of sense to
05:33a lot of people in their mind.
05:34Like, why would you want to just pretend to be this for a while for stress relief?
05:38But eventually they came around to it as they do with a lot of my stuff.
05:41Some friends will be like, yeah, that's the coolest thing ever.
05:43I wish I had the guts to do that.
05:45And then I'll have other friends like, why would you do that?
05:48That's really weird.
05:49Why don't you just, like, be normal?
05:51My parents don't know about it because they just wouldn't be able to accept it.
05:56So, yeah, couldn't tell them.
05:58That would not end well.
05:59Given how long it took for you to tell your parents about the relationship in the first
06:04place, I assume they don't know about this.
06:07Not at all.
06:08Uh, they never will.
06:10Right.
06:11That won't end well.
06:13It does get, like, a little annoying sometimes trying to hide it from them.
06:19What does your doll think of it?
06:21I think she thinks it's funny.
06:23Um, she seems to just, like, get a little confused sometimes.
06:27Would you ever try something like this?
06:29Like, let's say your partner came to you wanting to do this.
06:32I cannot fathom me.
06:36Which is the idea of it.
06:38Like, it's one of those things that I just can't even pick up.
06:41Today's been weird.
06:44I can imagine.
06:45I'm usually a very big talker, but I've got nothing.
06:49I'm pretty glad this is done.
06:52Yup.
06:53It's very scary, but I really appreciate you coming and, like, listening to it without freaking out.
06:58Thank you for coming.
06:59That's alright.
07:00Thank you for understanding it all.
07:02To an extent.
07:03Yeah.
07:04But, you know, it's better than most people.
07:07Yeah.
07:08And thanks for listening.
07:09That's alright.
07:10Yeah, we appreciate it.
07:11See ya!
07:12So here I have my tail.
07:19This is the one I use most of the time.
07:21I just attach it on the back of shorts like that.
07:25And then tuck my little shirt over it so you can't see the clip-on part of it.
07:31So this is the tail I use other times.
07:33The thing that's great about this one is that when I put it on, it just has a lot of, like, movement to it, which is kind of fun.
07:38And then also especially when I'm using this one and going to, like, puppy events, I'll use this hood because I don't always want people to know my identity or who I am.
07:51Then these are great because obviously dogs don't have opposable thumbs.
07:56So my step-mom actually made these for me, which was really freaking sweet of her.
08:01And then here's some of my leashes.
08:03I've been making content for eight months now.
08:06The Puppy Play community itself is pretty big.
08:10I don't have any problems with Lola making the content.
08:12We both do it together.
08:13It's a thing we sort of bond over a bit.
08:15With the type of content that I make online, I do have a, like, pretty respectful community.
08:21But you always have the odd creep or two who kind of ruins it.
08:26Sometimes I'll get stuff like,
08:28Oh, I love you. I love you so much. Could you be mine? I want you to be my dog or my lover forever.
08:34They're usually middle-aged men, um, that are really disrespectful.
08:40And I've already found, like, my owner and someone who's, like, perfect for me.
08:45I get creepy comments that disgust me, but I'm not disgusted with who I am.
08:51And I still want to be able to create the community that I do create.
08:55At times, it makes me feel a bit, like, annoyed with them that they always harass her.
09:01And, like, why?
09:02But at the same time, we do talk through it a lot.
09:04And then sometimes we just joke about it.
09:06I don't personally always go out of my gear because it makes me nervous.
09:08But whenever I go to, like, pup-themed events, I definitely wear the full get-up.
09:12And I have gotten some weird looks.
09:15There was one time we were just walking around the shopping center.
09:19And some kids just walked past us.
09:21And, like, ten meters after they all passed us, they just turned around and barfed at us.
09:25It was pretty weird.
09:26It definitely does make me a little bit more apprehensive.
09:29But it doesn't stop me.
09:30I feel like Henrik's had a really big impact on my life.
09:34He's made me accept even more of myself than, like, all my different weirdness and intricacies.
09:42You've also just, like, brought a lot of just, like, joy into my life.
09:46And, like, just someone I can always come to for, like, anything.
09:49At the same time as he is my partner and we are, like, very much equals in the relationship,
09:53he's still, like, my owner in a sense.
09:57Like, I'm the dog and he's that to me.
10:00And especially when I'm going into, like, full pup space, it's, like, a chance for him to take control of certain things.
10:06For people who judge our relationship, I just want to tell them that I'm just being silly and having a fun time.
10:15Like, I'm just doing this to better my mental health and to live my life how I want.
10:19It doesn't affect you that we are doing this.
10:23So just live your life and we'll live our life.
10:27so think about the future of life.
10:37If we go back to your browser and we can change all the way up and take happiness you have here, we will do the same thing.
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