Being a puppy girl in Brentwood was very hard for little Mochi.  Before being "rescued" she was Yuriko Koike, a bright honor student turned pathetic burnout. After the modifications they'd performed at the Happy Paws Obedience School on her in order to "disable" her, she couldn't use her hands, stand, speak (other than making "charming" puppy sounds like barking and whining), and she drooled uncontrollably (from both ends).

She wasn't in control of any aspect of her life.  Master decided when she slept, when she played, when she ate, when she drank, what she ate and drank, and even when she got to "go potty."

Every walk through the pet park was agony for her as she was naturally quite modest and hated having to "greet" and be "greeted" by other puppy girls. When she bled, Master would look at her with disgust and kennel her outside, rain or shine, cold or hot, until she was finished being "gross." If she disobeyed, even a little, or if she did act enough like a proper pup, she was beaten with a rolled up newspaper and told that she was a "bad dog."

Still, there were those quiet times at home when she had her pretty face buried in her bowl and Master would gently pet her and tell her she was a "good little puppy" and that he was proud of how she did that day. The kibble in her food dish tasted and smelled awful, and the water in her other dish hadn't been replaced in a while so it was stale and starting to taste of her own sweat and saliva, but it didn't matter when Master was praising her.