Some wear puppy masks, chains and leashes. That’s fine, but both they and the New York Times should shut the bedroom door
I haven’t yet physically encountered a dog I don’t love, except perhaps for Dennis of Ottawa, a standard white poodle who savaged my hand once upon a time — and even then, I confess, I looked for him with some longing the last time I was exiled to that city and walked by his house.
In last weekend’s New York Times Sunday Styles section, there was a story headlined, “On Leash or Off, We Run in Packs.” It was one of perhaps two stories in the entire monster paper that called to me. Little did I know it was one of those guaranteed to make me realize that I have become too old for the world, not to mention for the Times.It was about “puppy play enthusiasts,” a subculture of the bondage, dominance, sadism and masochism community.
But my hunch is that those who identify as “emotional support” pups, or prefer to communicate in barks and whimpers instead of words or who insist on being identified by their pup names, aren’t just being “playful” or any of the other benign descriptors used in the story. I think they’re probably suffering some sort of mental illness, or upset.
This isn’t about improperly borrowing a cultural practice, for Pete’s sake. This is about stealing a species.
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