Bitch's Dogs

Bitch's Dogs are a group of dogs that Bitch trains and uses her power on.

Goals and Methods
Bitch trains each dog individually before using her power, making sure they are safe and obey her commands. Due to Bitch's power, she is uniquely qualified to this job, using whistles and shouts to command the dogs, even when empowered.

Training Methods
Rachel has bench mark standards for training her dogs that the animals must meet as they incrementally advance. “Good girl!” Bitch laughed, “Come on!”  Lucy responded by huffing out a noise that might have been a bark. Her footfalls splashed out of sync with Bentley’s, and they were soon joined by others. Ink, Magic, Roxy, Buddy, Bruno and Socks. None of the others were as large as Lucy and Bentley. This would be their first run. A taste of her power. She would give them a little more each time, keep an eye out for the ones who listened, give more training to the ones who needed to be kept in line by the bigger and more obedient dogs. [...] She had a routine with her dogs. The first priority was making sure they were healthy. That meant grooming and possibly shaving them, getting their records and shots updated if they hadn’t come from the shelter, cleaning their ears, and ensuring they were kept away from the other dogs so she could check the color and consistency of their shit and track any changes. Shit revealed a lot about the dog it came from, from the obvious of diet to general health to mood. An unhappy dog had unhealthy shit. The second step was training, and every dog got some dedicated attention. ‘Sit’ was the first command they learned, followed closely by ‘stay’, ‘off’, ‘fetch’ and ‘come’. Depending on the dog, it could take a couple of days before they had it down solid. These commands were absolutes. If a dog didn’t listen to each of those, it wasn’t allowed to go out, and it didn’t get any use of her power. Once a dog had those commands down, it opened the door to other orders. A dog that would stay put while she demonstrated with another would be that much more inclined to follow suit. If only humans were as reliable, as easy to train. “Dogs, attack.” The word was quiet, but every dog present was waiting for it. Bentley and Sirius stayed at their positions, but the rest of the dogs surged into the building, the larger ones leaping through the boarded up windows, the smaller ones surging in the front door. Growls and barks that were twisted by the unnatural shapes of their throats overlapped into a single noise. She waited outside the building, one hand on Bentley’s neck. He wanted to go, she knew it from the tension, but he was obedient. Good. This was a test for him. [...] Just as her dogs came to trust her as she cared for them, fed them, and nurtured them, she grew closer to them as they shared experiences with her, as they learned and accepted their training. - Excerpt from Interlude 11a They must be able to respond to commands and not attack unless they were explicitly commanded to.

The subjects of her power need to go through an adjustment period before they are used to its application. thus she usually gives it out in measured doses. Rachel regularly exposes new dogs that come into her care to her power, in small doses, to ensure their health and well being.

The dogs are exposed to their master's power enough and in conflict prone situations that they automatically associate her use of it with a threat.

Empowerment
What truly sets these canines apart is the pseudo-Changer form their protector Rachel Lindt can grant them.

When using her power her dogs seem to swell, with muscles and bone spurs bursting out of their skin. The dogs are kept safe in a sack near the center of the mass. The created tissue is effectively dead, yet still usable. As the enhancement occurs there is also has a restorative effect on its subject, though it cannot correct old injuries that have already healed. It can deal with cancers, parasites, drugs, poisons and other damage and disease. Its use increases the overall health of the subject, and will usually heal any damage the dogs take when they are in monstrous form. This does not apply to her powers effect on wolves though; with these canines it is a far smother process with much less tiring feedback then normal.

The size increase does not last forever, and when her dogs decrease in size again they shed the extra muscle and bone like an outer coat, meaning the dogs sometimes have to be extracted from the mound of flesh. The leftover mass usually leaves a large mess due to the bodily fluids involved.

Riding
One innovation of Rachel's was using the dogs as transport.

While the augmented dogs are not ideal they are still serviceable.

Members

 * Rollo
 * Brutus
 * Angelica
 * Judas
 * Bentley
 * Sirius
 * Lucy
 * Bastard
 * Bullet
 * Milk
 * Stumpy
 * Axel
 * Ginger
 * Koorow (Kuro)
 * Ink
 * Magic
 * Roxy
 * Buddy
 * Bruno
 * Socks
 * Malcolm
 * Coco
 * Twinkie
 * Radley
 * Rat-dog
 * Dakota
 * Bear
 * Huntress
 * Doon
 * Colbie
 * Sunny
 * Yips
 * Honeybun

Background
The first time Bitch used her power, she used it on the untrained Rollo, who tore through her foster family, forcing Bitch to run.

Story Start
At the beginning of Worm, Bitch had three well-trained dogs, Brutus, Judas and Angelica. She used them to attack Taylor Hebert when they met, mentioning that they could have ripped out Taylor's throat if she hadn't commanded to hurt rather than kill.

Bitch later uses them to attack a dog-fighting ring, freeing the dogs inside. She trained several of them, adding them to her crew.

The dogs took part in the Battle against Leviathan, distracting Leviathan from Skitter at a crucial moment. Kuro, Bullet, Milk, Stumpy, Brutus, Judas, Axel and Ginger died in the attack, leaving Angelica as the lone survivor among Rachel's senior dogs.

Post-Leviathan
Bitch would engrave their names into the Endbringer monument.

Later, when Bitch is taking her territory she is seen training the new dogs Lucy, Ink, Magic, Roxy, Buddy, Bruno and Socks.

Bastard is gifted to Bitch by the Siberian as part of the serial killer's nomination of the dog lover.

Mannequin killed Lucy with two shots from a concealed shotgun when the Undersiders went to warn Panacea about her nomination to the Slaughterhouse Nine. He also attempted to kill Bentley by stabbing him through the skull, unaware that his attack did not penetrate deep enough to injure the real dog's body. Bentley was quickly healed by cutting him out of his monstrous outer body.

Post-Slaughterhouse Nine
Fared vary well against Dragon's suits, and were later used to escape.

Post-Echidna
Expanding on Taylor's previous advice Bitch began using unnamed puppies as therapy for distressed people, including the kids under the care of Forrest and Charlotte after they'd heard the news about Skitter leaving to become a hero.

Moved with her dogs to Earth Gimel, with mixed results.

Post-Timeskip
Huntress is brought to fight the Slaughterhouse 9000 but ends up doing the most good by reassuring Theo Anders after the death of his family.

Gold Morning
After the events of Gold Morning Bitch goes out on a mission to return an abducted child. The new dogs she brings with her are Doon and Colbie as well as a Golden Retriever named Sunny, immaculately cared for by Cassie. Doon is a Foxhound and Colbie is a bloodhound with a strong and extremely loud bark, both scent dogs brought to track the missing child.

Her pack grew and now is paired with a human member of the Sons of Bitch.

Trivia

 * Wildbow is a known dog lover.
 * One of Bitch's dogs was going to be named Benedict.