Secret Life of Human Pups - TV Review - Woof Woof

I sat down this afternoon to catch up with an unusual piece of TV from last night a documentary called the ‘Secret Life Of Human Pups’ wondering why would a man do something like this. It’s not as if I haven’t seen plenty of the eccentric mind of the human being could this be a step to far even for my enlightened mind.

The Channel 4 show Secret Life of Human Pups, explored a community of men around the UK that dress and behave like dogs. Yes, these men dressed as dogs and in the UK, alone its reported 10,000+ partake in the kind of roleplay/cosplaying fantasy thing.

One of the dogs on show was Tom the Dalmatian called Spot, he has spent £4,000 on his outfits, and he looked the part. His discovery of puppy play led to a breakup with his former fiancée Rachel and a new gay relationship with his handler, Colin but he a Rachel are still close friends. He (Spot) won Mr Puppy UK 2015 in a Crufts-like competition that sees human pups show off their talents—as dogs.

Spot with Rachel

Puppies in this world tend to be males who covet the doggy treats, belly rubs and squeaky toys while woman tend to go for cats in this underground world. Most of the dogs and their handlers are reluctant to take their world outside their comfit zone due to the reaction of the public in general including family and friends. When a handler who holds puppy get together arranges to take 50 puppies for a walk in London but at the meeting place of the 50 only two showed up one being Tom/Spot. After their walk, the two that took part in the walk were enthusiastic about the public reaction, which saw many pointing, giggling, and taking pictures.

Tom with his handler got the train to Antwerp to enter a top dog Europe competition and to take part in doggy tasks, including an obstacle course and even a special talents section. All the European human pups perform erotic dog dances, while Tom gets the wrong end of the stick and writes his name on a piece of paper with his mouth. It's cute, but not quite what the judges – who are all wearing PVC waistcoats, studded gloves and tiny PVC shorts and leather caps – are looking for. Tom/Spot came second or third and was truly upset to have lost but somehow I couldn’t see Colin shagging Spot in public, behind closed doors who knows.

Interesting has it was delving into this strange world I will not be rushing out to get myself all dolled up in a latex dog suit I say leave them to enjoy themselves.