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Their masculinity is going to the dogs:

Meet Britain's Hidden Community of 'Human Puppies'


In 2014, Channel 4 aired a one-off documentary Secrets of the Living Dolls, exploring a burgeoning community of “female maskers”—men who find enjoyment in donning doll-like latex costumes. There are even conventions to unite maskers from around the world.

Now the U.K. channel is going to the dogs with its latest bizarre documentary, Secret Life of the Human Pups, which, as you might expect, follows a community of men who are not content with just owning a canine, but want to be one.

Man’s best friend is the most popular pet in the U.K. with animal charity the RSPCA counting 8.5 million pet dogs across the country in 2015.

However, that figure doesn’t include the 10,000 people Brits who have taken cosplaying to a new level. According to Channel 4, these “grown men covet doggy treats, belly rubs and squeaky toys.”

The idea for Human Pups, which airs Wednesday at 10pm, came to director Guy Simmonds after he “stumbled across some pictures [of human dogs] on the internet,” he tells Newsweek . “I’d never seen anything like that before. On the surface you’d think it was a few people dressing up as dogs behind closed doors. But the more we researched it, the more surprised I was to learn how large the community was in the U.K. They’ve got their own social networking sites, events and competitions.” ...