Erotica – A week and a bit on

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Nov 302011
 

Unfortunately, since Erotica, I’ve not really had much time to be Spot as I was straight back in to my day job on the Monday after the shows. However, I’ve had a chance to scour the web, and the Erotica Facebook and Twitter feeds for information and pictures from the event.

Considering that camera’s were allowed at the event legitimately, it’s quite surprising that there does not appear to be as many pictures and videos on the web than I’d have expected…

The first post I found was over at Down the Rabbit Hole which features a picture of me. The only problem with the article is that there’s a minor error in the section relating to me being in the cage. Unfortunately, the stall that is described as doing the wooden furniture is not Bound4Bondage, but is instead MIV Fetish Furniture. The cage is actually metal, and made by Bound4Bondage – and the majority of the toys they sell are metal.

A couple of other blog posts of the event are available to read over at Yossarian Lives and at Sex, Shopping and Chocolate as well.

I did receive an email earlier this week with a couple of pictures of me taken at the event, but I have, as yet, not got permission to post them on the blog. If I get the permission to do so, then I’ll upload them at a later date. If you have any pictures of me from the event, can you let me know as I’d love a copy of them *wags tail*

For other updates about Erotica, you can check out their website at http://www.erotica-uk.com or find them on Twitter or Facebook.

Yesterday, I received a package in the post, containing a new dalmatian print Zentai from ZentaiZone… although with a difference. This was the first Zentai I’ve tried where instead of the zip running up the back of the suit, it runs up the insides of both legs – so you put it on over the head, like a T-Shirt or jumper, then you tuck your feet in and do the zips up. I have to say, I’m quite impressed with the quality and fit of the suit, as it doesn’t go ‘see-through’ when I put it on as some have a tendency to do so on the white parts. I’ll be looking to buy some more suits from them in the future.

This Sunday sees the last Heros of 2011, and of course, I’ll be there as usual *wags* – but also remembering that there is no Heros on January 1st 2012; the next Heros will be in February.

Erotica Day 3 – Sunday

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Nov 212011
 

It’s always a bit sad writing the blog post about Day 3 at Erotica – not because it’s not any good, but more because it means the weekend has come to an end… Erotica is not just about the show for me, it’s also about giving me a chance to unwind, meet friendly faces, catch up with friends and having fun spending time in the dog cage with Bound 4 Bondage

So… On with the details of what happened today.

Thankfully, the tube journey there was quite successful, and we actually arrived in plenty of time. Having finally realised the same thing I usually realise on the final day, I got changed just in the corner of the stand – there’s no public around and there’s a lot more space than in a toilet cubicle. After getting changed, I had a wander round and to say hello to a few people and see if anything immediately jumped out at me, but nothing really did. After a quick cup of coffee, I ended up being back in my ‘spiritual home’ at Erotica – inside the cage resting 😀

I was left there for a few hours, just idly watching the sea of legs walking past me, with some stopping to take pictures and pet me, but eventually had to be let out to go and find a tree. When I was out and about, I again went for a wander and this time we grabbed our lunch, with the intention that I’d go back in the cage for a bit before the Fetish wear Demonstration… this did happen, but with a slight distraction… as we were approaching the stand, I heard a squeak. Well, anyone that knows me knows that I can pick up that specific, distinct type of squeak from a distance so I dashed back to the stand, only to discover that Caz from E-Stim was standing there and had bought me presents of two squeaky toys. *wags tail and gets excited* I was allowed them in the cage with me, but only on the proviso that I didn’t squeak them too much!! *whimpers*

I got back in the cage for a bit, but then went and changed for the Fetish-wear demo… and decided to drag the squeaky toy up with me. This certainly caused hilarity, at least among my fellow ‘exhibits’ 😀 It was decided after the demo, that as a treat, I’d be allowed a bottle of cider, as by the time we left for home, I’d be fine… so after a bottle of cider, the pup was put back in the cage. The next thing I knew, it was almost 90 minutes later, and I’d been asleep! No one, from the visitors to the security staff, can understand that I actually quite enjoy sleeping in a cage. I got out and stretched my legs, and then went back in for another hour or so… but this was my final stint in the cage – although, I did spend about 30 minutes after this just sitting outside the cage like a good boy. *wags*

At this point, it was decided that it was time for me to take a quick wander around, and have some dinner so we went and investigated upstairs, and watched a bit of the cabaret show from there, and eventually worked out way down to see the end of it from the ground level. A final stroll around stands, saying goodbye to a few people we probably wouldn’t see later on and it was back to the stall. By this point, it was starting to quiet down, and for the last few hours, I spent the time up and about and not in the cage… handing out business cards, posing for photos and just having a chat with people.

The end of the show came, and then the de-rig started… so this pup became useful. Everyone knows that pups prefer the cardboard and bubble wrap than the products… so I was in my element dragging around the boxes and bubble wrap for repacking all the goods that were left in to. My owner and I stayed and gave a hand with this bit, before this sad puppy had to say his final goodbyes to everyone and make the long journey home.

I’ve enclosed a few other pictures of me from the day. As I said at the beginning of the post, this is always a sad day as it means saying goodbye to friends I probably won’t see until next year, and also the 3 days of excitement, playtime, and most of all for me, relaxation have come to an end.

Later on this week, I’ll write a further blog post with my highlights of the week, a few pictures from the stage show that my owner took, and also, and any other reports and pictures I can find on the web so keep an eye out for that.

*wags tail*

Spot

Erotica 2011 – Day 2 – Saturday

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Nov 202011
 

Day 2 of Erotica (Olympia, London) started off in a slightly better state than day 1 did… my owner and I managed to make the right tube train connections, despite missing our initial train to only arrive a minute or two later than we would have done had we got the one we wanted – so we call that a result, especially given how difficult it is to raise this pup from his bed of a morning!

So, arriving at Erotica with about 20 minutes to spare, I set out saying hello’s and then went to get changed in to my dalmatian outfit. After a quick wander around as the show opened, I was put into the cage at bound 4 bondage, to begin the first stint there… however, after about 10 minutes my owner brought me out and rushed me over to a stall (well not quite rushed – but it was fairly quick!) where we went to look at a leather puppy hood they had… having seen it, we decided to buy it there and then as it was the last one (and we’d thought they’d sold out yesterday!). It’s not an expensive pup hood, and it doesn’t really reflect my dalmatian status, but it does what it’s designed to do – which lets us save up for a proper dalmatian one!

I was put back in my cage at this point, and was idly watching the world go by, as best as I can in the Zentai, when I realised that Scamp and Mark had arrived… so I was taken out the cage again to have a wander round with them and also a catchup chat etc. and then eventually put back in the cage again. I remained there until around about 2PM when it was time to come out so that I could get a spot of lunch and then change in to my latex for the ‘What to wear to a fetish club’ demo. This also gave me a chance to show off the new suit to Scamp in person… and he was quite impressed with it. It also meant I got to show it off to the people from E-Stim as well as they’d heard me talk about it but hadn’t seen it… And they had treats for the good puppy – Minstrels *Wags*

The demo seemed to run slightly differently this time, and no sooner had the 5 of us involved got up the stairs, but we were in-front of the audience and doing the presentation! After this I got changed back in to my Zentai and ended up back in the cage. As I was in it this time, I was asked by someone from the Erotica Social Media team (I think) to do a small recorded bit, which ended up on youtube… It’s surprising how hard it is to make up a speech on the spot (I’d probably rather done it more as an interview as opposed to the “Say your name and what you’re doing and a bit about the company” type open ended question) – still; you can view the video on Youtube… (my site layout won’t let me embed it properly)

The majority of the rest of the day was spent in the cage, just watching the world go by… well, apart from a couple of breaks to go to the loo and have some food… oh, and the two times I managed to curl up and fall asleep in the cage (The second snooze was about an hour or so long!). It’s amazing, give me a 3ft x 2ft rectangle, and I’ll quite happily curl up and go to sleep… let me on a double bed, and I want the entire bed!


BTW .. NO! I am not worth £580 and I’m not for sale … The bondage chair is however.

The Sitting Stocks are courtesy of the next door stand to Bound4Bondage at Erotica – MIV Fetish Furniture

Erotica 2011 – Day One

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Nov 192011
 

Well, Day One of Erotica at Olympia (London) has been and gone, and this Dalmatian pup has finally returned home and managed to put paws to keyboard to write this blog post.

The day didn’t start off particularly brilliant, when some TFL problems on the Picadilly line meant the train that my owner and I intended to catch stopped short at Acton Town. Quick change to the District Line and some technological help (Google Maps) and a new plan was devised… although this meant that Spot arrived at Erotica with only 5 minutes to spare before it opened to the public. *paws over eyes*

The first item of the day was to say hello to people, including the people running the Bound 4 Bondage stall, Latex 101 and E-Stim Systems… we then went off for a wander to see what was where around the show. It was only afterwards that I realised I should have been on my lead at this point, but with both of us harassed due to the Tube problems, I don’t think we thought about it!

The wander around resulted in us ending up back at the stand (K6, in case you’re wondering!) and after being demonstrated their new magnetic locking system, I decided it was time to get in the cage… and hereafter the story of this blog becomes a bit fuzzy!

It was interesting when someone came up to me an commented that it was “nice to finally meet Spot in person as I’ve been reading your blog for ages” – it’s nice to know people are reading this and also want to meet me! *waves paw at the person concerned* (Leave a comment on the post if you want!)

The interesting thing is that many people end up a little surprised when I’m in the cage… but for varying different reasons. The security guards, and some of the other stall holders find it a little strange that I enjoy being in the cage… The public find it strange for the same reason, but also get a bit of a fright when I move slightly; as many think that I’m a dummy or anamatronic. The thing is, I absolutely love being confined in a 3ft x 2ft 6 x 2ft dog cage!

I spent a few hours in the cage, but my owner came to fetch me just after 2pm so that I could go and get some food and prepare for the next bit of the afternoon. After a rather lovely sausage sandwich, I headed down to the disabled loo and changed out of the Dalmatian Lycra Zentai and changed in to my Latex 101 custom made Dalmatian Latex suit as I was helping with a part of a talk on what to wear to a Fetish Club.

My owner explains:

The talk began with a bit about why this topic comes up – Fetish Club dress codes etc. and then a lady (I can’t remember the name) took the audience through what females could wear at the clubs. Then it was the turn of Richard from Latex 101 and in walked Spot, Joel, Seany and someone else (sorry!) demonstrating the other ranges you can wear… from just a latex top, to shorts + t-shirt to two different varieties of full body clothes. After their stint, the original compère took over and explained how you can add accessories to normal clothing using items made of Latex to meet the dress-codes of clubs

After the presentation, we decided to take a couple of better pictures of Latex Spot, which are included at the end of this blog post.

On the return journey after getting changed back to the Zentai, my owner and I bumped into the writer of “The Zentai Invasion” article, that was done last year for a (now defunct) magazine – ForePlay.

I ended up back in the cage at this point (*wags*) and spent a bit longer in there until it was time to get out and have another break for the loo and to stretch legs. At this point, my owner had seen something that he thought I might like (a heavy metal collar) but as it’s probably chrome-plated, it might be best if we don’t look at it too strongly due to my allergic reactions. I was also given back my E-Stim remote box that I’d accidentally broken, so this could be a bad thing (or maybe not ;))

Again, I ended up back in the cage, and with a couple more toilet breaks, the day came to a close. However, the last thing I remember of the show was being given back rubs and, I think, falling asleep at the same time.

So that’s what Day One brings… Day Two of Erotica begins in just over 10 hrs time, and I know that for me it will bring more of the same, but I hope to also get some pictures as well.

Don’t forget to come and say hello 🙂 and if you saw me at the show feel free to comment on this post!

Spot

P.S – I’ve been posting occasional updates to Twitter during the show, so feel free to follow me over there – I’m @zentaispot unsurprisingly *wags tail*

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