Sensual Sadist

You know how happy I am that you wish to help me get to the place this will take me. I can’t think of the right words but know that you understand.

Hmm. Nope, can’t do it.

I find that I can usually mentally place myself in a situation to understand what somebody gets out of it, but I just don’t get the cage thing at all. Too… isolating? Impersonal? I can imagine long durations of bondage, but not being in a cage.

Tom Allen
The Edge of Vanilla

I can’t explain why Alexandra having this kind of physical power over me is such a deep need.Even just thinking of her feeding me in a cage leaves me almost nonverbal.

Thanks for sharing your opinion on the subject, Tom. Interesting to hear how wildly feelings can vary on a given subject.

It’s not even that I’m squicked by this; I just don’t get any feeling at all from it.

There are some kinks that greally get my attention, even if I’m not intending to try them. Others are just strange to me; cross-dressing, for example, is not my cup of Earl Grey, but “sissyfying” does squick me a bit. I’d have to really think about it to explain the difference.

Tom Allen
The Edge of Vanilla

A year ago the cage held no appeal to me whatsoever. Now, I find that I’m fantasizing about it a bit. Nothing extreme, more of a romanticized thing if you can envision being caged as romantic ;)

I’ve asked around in my YahooGroup to see what reactions that others have to the concept and most seemed to react like Tom. Since it’s a rather large group of (mostly) submissive men, I would have guessed there would be more who would profess to hold an interest in it.

My feelings about being caged by Alexandra are probably more tender and soft than most people could imagine.

I think a lot of it depends in what relationship you’re in at the time. I wouldn’t hesitate to give any action in the world the potential of being romantic in the right context, from the things I’ve seen…

I purchased a similar cage, but got a folding type (the Precision Pet line).

Sadly, most of the cages intended for dogs don’t have a food slot. This is less important for food than for having an area one can easily fit, say, a hand through to interact with the pet in the cage. Some of the Precision Pet cages have little doors that can be opened, but not in the larger sized cages. Remember, he can’t stick much through the bars, but neither can you. Which was a bit frustrating once I had my pet in it. I wanted to pet him while he has in his cage and I couldn’t. We settled for letting him lick my fingers through the bars.

Other rather obvious games include doing something your pet would really like to participate in just out of reach as he watches from his cage. Mine whines and I swore he was going to break his nose trying to get through the bars. Adorable.

Or you can just put him in it when you need to park him. (“spot” is a wonderful command for this too; I was delighted at the concept of pet having a cushion - in our case, a small rag rug - to return to within a fixed amount of time whenever he was told “spot.”)

Sometimes when I wasn’t there, I would tell him to spend half an hour or so in his cage to help his mindset. He liked to nap in it sometimes; it became a “safe place” for him. (So did his “spot,” as far as that goes.)

I would recommend a blanket or (better yet) a piece of firmish foam covered with a slipcover for the inside of the cage. This was recommended in the article that I got the Precision Pet information from, and my pet’s experience confirms this. He found the hard plastic floor difficult on his knees.

Does he actually feel some sort of animal identification while in the role?

Is he able to curl so that he can rest on his side?

Although I have taken to calling pet “pup” when he isn’t in role (and sometimes he will wag his behind, or bark, when he isn’t), there’s a very definite line. Pet is smarter when he’s a human.

“Sit” has become a somewhat complicated command, as the dog version is different, and I can’t bring myself to use “dogsit” as a command. Right now the same word is used for both that and “sit on the floor.” I suppose I’ll have to find another good one-word command for that. (Sitting is the most complicated command he has, as there are two different versions, one of which he is to automatically use in vanilla settings so as not to make a spectacle of himself.)

When pet is being my puppy, he isn’t allowed to talk. I put his chokechain on him, put his pretty silky hair up into two “ears” using barrettes, and talk to him in French, a language he doesn’t understand.

Sometimes I hurt him, but that seems unkind to a poor dumb animal, which is pretty much how he reacts when he’s being my dog. So mostly he gets petted, or we play fetch or tug of war. He has two rubber dog toys, one a soft rubber barbell with squeakers in it, and one a harder rubber barbell with a bell in it. That one’s a little harder on his teeth, though we’ve found it helpful when I need him to bite down on something, so it may get reclassified as a human toy. Sometimes he’s put in his cage for a nap, or he drinks out of his dish.

He tends to revert to puppydom when he’s in his cage and I’m there. He can indeed curl up and rest on his side; I may have a photo I can send.

I was surprised at how often he used his cage when he hadn’t been told to. He thought at one point someone else had used it and was just distraught. The instructions that came with the cage said the dog should consider the cage a haven, and apparently he did.

I was going to follow the instructions that came with the cage (letting the dog check it out but not locking him in at first; praising copiously; etc.). Pet took it one better, and after looking quizzically at me when I didn’t lock the door behind him, locked it himself. I still do observe the manufacturer’s suggestions in that the cage is not used for punishment.

Pet likes being walked on his leash, though we’ve mostly done that when he’s in human mode. I walked him all over at the kinky holiday party we went to, as it was one of my first opportunities to do so without the House’s real dog, a largish young German shepherd, jumping all over us.

Pet is going to need kneepads (he complained of the carpet after the party). The book “Woof!” recommends a type; I will purchase some.

Is he able to curl up and rest on his side?

Should Alexandra want to do more actual animal role-play than we’ve done I’ll certainly do my best to comply.

Though part of me has this fear I’d simply collapse into laughter past some point I’m not sure.

Or something. It isn’t clear in my mind. The draft animal role may be something I can blend into my D/s nature more than a house pet. The dogs I had as a boy ran free and did whatever they wanted to. As long as they came home to eat regularly we never worried.

Need to think about this some.