Body Mods

Others to show you belong to that tribe, who and what you are.

Marking is a statement.
African slaves were often branded so the owners could identify them as their property, just like cattle are often branded today. Some fraternities reclaimed strike branding and turned it into an empowering statement. Frat Houses still practice branding their fraternal insignia, or Greek letters, into willing members as a show of dedication to each other - you belong - your mine.

Such status markings were often placed so that they would be visible to others at all times. Like the dog chain locked around the slaves neck, the septum nose piercing or some scarification.

There is a mixture of:

• He made me do it - Masters will upon a slave. This is also part of a slaves empowerment like telling him what to wear. Lets go to the Malls and you wear your rubber t-shirt, leather pants and collar for the world to see. Some slaves will feel embarrassed about this other liberated because 'Master made me do it and he will protect me'.
• Rites of passage - from getting your septum piercing or a tattoo and moving through the pain to a new level about yourself.
• This is what I am - this is where you are defining yourself. Typical of young adults moving from parental control to defining who they are as an adult. This usually starts when they leave home and develop their independence.
• Now or never
  This also happens in your 30s when you may have developed your career and been Mr Respectable and now you have discovered not only you are gay but a slave and a dog at that. Then there is further down the road (40s or mid-life crisis). When you realise you are not a young chicken any more so you can go for it or regret it for ever.  You can also be secure in your job or have other independence so its a good time to get marked. The only thing to have to be careful of is getting a dumb safe butterfly tattoo when later you want a meaningful design. Tattoos and Brands are not wallpaper that can be replaced. It is also a chronicle of your history.

Body Modification comes is a number of ways.

• Getting Pierced - this is reversible mostly.
• The piercing becomes a tunnel, or a hole is cut in the skin.
• Scarification
• Creaturfication  -transformation from human to animal (eg dog)
  Extremely completely body modifications in a dog extreme k9, body modification including medical/dental procedures not limited to plastic and major surgery to enhance k9 appearance (fangs, genital modification, thumb/fingers removal (to paws), limb removal (to enable to walk on all fours).
• completely 100% extreme tattoos - eg body suit.
• Steel/Silicone implants
• irremovable piercings  ( such as mouth-zipper)
• Extreme Bondage: welding - collar & cuffs welded on.
• Extreme Bondage: permanent rubber suit, rubber hoods locked.

There are many direction, some have consequences. There is a road less travelled for many of us there are degrees of transformation. The nature of life is that of change, circumstances change, what if your Master that cut you up was hit by a Train, or put in prison because the law did not approve of the transformations that be set you. What if you had to earn an income - but the state has to support you because you have no fingers to work.  If you are going to take radical action - you better have some protection in the bank.

Amputations

Dogs don't have fingers, they don't walk on two legs.
So some slaves have their fingers cut off so there are just paws. Prior to this they may have had their palms tattooed with dog paw colour.
 

Vocal Cords

Some slaves have also had their vocal cords cut so they cannot speak only bark.
 

Body Building

This is where you build up your body. Often body builder slaves like their Masters to push them harder than they can themselves.