PupTalk: The Puppy Play Podcast explores the world of pup and handler dynamics, from gear and events to mindset and community. Each episode dives into real conversations about identity, connection, and the freedom of play. Whether you’re a curious newcomer or a seasoned pup, PupTalk is your space to learn, laugh, and feel part of the pack.
What Is a Mosh? The Pup Play Word Nobody Explains (And What Happens If You Go)
The word "mosh" gets used constantly in pup play, as though everyone already knows what it means, and almost nobody stops to define it. So we do - using the definition researchers used when they studied this community - and then we go through what actually happens if you turn up to one. What we cover: - What a mosh actually is: a group event where people engage in the SOCIAL aspects of pup play only. Not a play party. Closer to a meetup - and if not knowing what you'd walk into is what's stop...
25 Oct 2026
Nobody Tells You How to Look After Your Gear (So Here's How)
There's endless advice about what pup gear to buy and almost none about what to do once you own it. You've got the thing, it was expensive, you wore it for three hours and now it's damp. This is the episode about what happens next. What we cover: - Why this matters more than it sounds: gear isn't cheap, badly kept gear doesn't last, and some of it sits against your face for hours - How universal gear is - 90.9% of survey participants owned some, 81.86% a hood or mask, 78.44% collars, 63.17% h...
19 Sept 2026
How Do You Use a Safeword When You're Not Using Words? Pup Play's Biggest Safety Gap
Every newcomer arrives having been told the same thing: agree your limits, have a safeword, say it if you need to stop. Good advice - which quietly assumes something pup play often removes on purpose. A pup in headspace frequently isn't using words at all. This episode is about what you use instead. What we cover: - Why the standard kink safety advice has a gap in it for pup play, and why that gap is by design rather than by accident - The gear problem: 81.86% of survey participants owned a h...
14 Sept 2026
Where Do Pup Names Come From? (And Do You Actually Need a Breed?)
Everyone seems to have a pup name. Often a breed too. And the questions stack up quietly: do I need one, how do people pick, what if mine is stupid, what if I change my mind. This is the small stuff nobody asks out loud, answered plainly - with one number that reframes the whole thing. What we cover: - What a pup name actually is, and why it's a name rather than a commitment - people change them, and nobody is auditing - How common they are: 86.71% of pups in the largest community survey had ...
12 Sept 2026
Do I Need a Pack? Why 7 in 10 Pups Don't Have One (And What the Research Says About Whether It Matters)
You see packs everywhere - group names, group photos, people who clearly know each other - and quietly assume everyone has found their people except you. The numbers say something very different, and one of them complicates the story in a way worth hearing. What we cover: - What a pack actually is: a chosen group, completely informal, with no registry and no application - and how it differs from a Pups and Handlers group, which is an open local social club - The headline figure: in the larges...
8 Sept 2026
Why Can't I Get Into Headspace? The Question Almost Every New Pup Is Too Embarrassed to Ask
You tried. You got on the floor, you put the gear on, you waited for something to happen - and nothing did. Then you went online and everyone else made it sound effortless. This episode is for you, and the short answer is that you are in the majority, not the exception. We talk about what headspace actually is, why trying hard is the exact thing that blocks it, and what genuinely helps. What we cover: - What headspace really is - absorption and relaxation, not a trance, and nobody loses aware...
29 Aug 2026
Do You Need a Hood? Pup Play Gear, What You Actually Need and What Can Wait
When most people first come across pup play, the image they see is a full set of gear all at once — and that picture quietly convinces a lot of newcomers they can't join in yet, because they own none of it. This episode takes that apart: what gear is actually for, what the community really owns, what's worth getting first, and what can wait until you know whether you even like this. What we cover: - Why researchers describe gear as something that facilitates pup play, rather than as the thing...
28 Aug 2026
Pup, Handler or Switch? How to Know Which One You Are (Only 10% Are Handlers)
Everyone who finds pup play asks the same question in their first few weeks: which one am I? And almost everyone assumes there is a right answer, a box to tick, and a way to get it embarrassingly wrong. There isn't. But the words do mean things, and knowing what they mean makes that first conversation far less frightening. In this episode we go through the three roles in plain language, and then look at what the numbers actually say. A 2019 community survey of 733 pup play participants, run b...
21 Apr 2026
Stop Getting Excluded! 10 Unspoken Pup Play Rules You’re Probably Breaking Right Now
Think expensive gear and confidence are the keys to being accepted in the pup play scene? Think again. Most beginners make the fatal mistake of guessing how it works, only to find themselves quietly avoided or even blacklisted for making others uncomfortable. In this community, behaviour is what defines you, not your hood or tail. From the absolute "hard rule" of never interrupting a scene to the crucial necessity of consent for every single interaction, these etiquette frameworks are non-neg...
21 Apr 2026
The Shocking Truth About Your First Pup Play Experience: Don't Go Unprepared!
Think your first pup play event will be intense, awkward, or total chaos? Think again. Most beginners make critical mistakes that get them avoided immediately—like ignoring the "handler rule" or trying to "perform" too soon—but you can stay ahead of the pack by mastering the simple social secrets most people miss. Discover the exact step-by-step reality of what actually happens, from why you don’t need full gear to the secret "20-minute shift" when everything finally feels natural. Stop guess...
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