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[marswasnothere]

Has Daniel ever slipped in pupspace at races? Not just the barking and howling he usually does, deeper than that. Or do they make sure he has time to slip into that headspace between races? - past couple of anons was me so signing off as 🧚🏻 anon now. I am invested in that dog now

With so much to think about and focus on before, during, and soon after a race weekend, there's not much time for Daniel to voluntarily go into his pupspace (he still says "going dog mode/puppy mode" when announcing it to Max). He might get particularly playful and giddy during exercise (pre race tennis ball catch-and-throw is his equivalent to Max's kitten bapping reaction training lights) and it gives him an excuse to hop around and bark a bit. It's normal behaviour for him to hype himself up by barking, so no one questions it, not his trainer or the engineers.

In between double or triple headers, or straight after an intense race, Daniel might let all his frustrations about a dnf or setup changes go by cuddling up next to Max, letting him slip on his collar and pup hood, and playing with him. Oooooor, ya know, lil bit of leg humping and treating his dick like a chew toy (he wouodnt bite maxs dick) (okay maybe one time he got too deep puppy brained and bit his shaft. so.)