IPTC 2008

My Sir and I visited Dallas, TX this last weekend for the International Pups and Trainers Conference. It was lots of fun. We shared a room with pup Cosmo, who was the one who worked on putting the conference together. He also is the one who runs www.pupout.com; he's a really fun guy to hang out and play with.

Our weekend started with an introduction to some of the bars in Dallas beginning with the Eagle where some of the pups from the conference were in there gear and on stage doing a mini dog show. It was fun to watch them all up there and almost knocking over the MC. They all went back to the hotel for the puppy mosh pit while my Sir and I went around to other bars with Mr. Texas Leather. I heard from some of the other pups that it was a fun night in the mosh.

Saturday consisted of a couple workshops, one on vet scenes and the other about what is beyond the barks and paws.There was also a disscussion board where my Sir and the other workshop presenters were available to answer any questions people had about... anything. Pupout.com offered a great service to stray pups by allowing them to be posted on a "Adopt-A-Pup" board where handlers can adopt a pup for the weekend. We got to have a cute little puppy for the weekend who was attending his first leather event; what a bundle of energy that pup had. That night my Sir and I went to the weekend's second mosh pit with at least 10 other pups. Wow, it's interesting how three hours can go by so fast. There were tons of toys and treats for all the pups. There seemed to be a bunch of onlookers watching the whole ordeal. It was a fun night.

Sunday morning began with the aches and pains of running around on the floor from the night before. You know, it's hard to find a good pair of feet coverings to be worn when pupping out, for I, again, got another rug burn on my foot. Oh well. There were a few more workshops that we attended that morning; one where my Sir presented at, which was titled "Why pup play? Demistifying pup play.". There was a good turnout with even a few who were from the Beyond Vanilla conference. They didn't know about pup play and walked away with a better understanding and acceptance, which is what the purpose of the workshop was. Two woofs for Sir Kenneth! That afternoon was the weekends third and last mosh pit. It was only for about an hour and a half but just enough time since everyone was getting pretty tired from the long weekend. I was pooped from the mosh pit on Saturday and the others had an extra mosh pit on me, so I could understand that they were pretty tired. There were pictures taken which I will be posting on this site once we get some permission from some of the others that are in them, so be on the lookout.

The mosh pit signified the end of the conference and so we helped Cosmo pack up all his floor mats and everyone headed home. I overheard him and another pup talking about their next pupout-get-together which they seem to have once a month at someone's home in the Dallas area. I believe that is why my Sir is wanting to do something monthly like the bar social.

Well that was our weekend.

Woof!