International Puppy Contest is the official international human puppy contest

International Puppy Contest ™

The Official International Puppy Contest (IPC) was for the best of the best human pups from around the country and around the world (see IPC history). The International Puppy Contest was 4 days of "pupping out" for the puppy, dog, trainer, handler, owner and those that supported or wanted to learn about puppy play. In addition to the International Puppy Contest, there was a huge leather and fetish weekend event held during the International Puppy Weekend (IPW) complete with puppy mosh pits, local guided tours, demos, private parties, classes, dinners, vendors and more! So everyone was sure to bring their puppy gear, their leather or their fetish gear! It was "the Biggest Puppy Party on Earth!".

The International Puppy Contest ™ (IPC) was a free, not for profit contest established in 2011 by International Puppy LLC. It was a pansexual human puppy contest that was held annually between the years of 2012 and 2018 during International Puppy Weekend (IPW). It was originally held in Saint Petersburg, Florida but was later moved to Saint Louis, Missouri and welcomed every human puppy, dog, handler, trainer, owner and anyone from any country interested in human puppy play.

It was the Largest Human Puppy Party in the World!

Additional background Info:
In October 2016, during Beyond Vanilla in Dallas, the owners of both the International Puppy Contest (IPC) and the International Puppy and Trainer Contest (IPTC) – after a series of friendly discussions and in the interest of cooperation - jointly announced their intention to bring the two contests together under one weekend event. To go forward from that announcement, a joint advisory committee was formed to handle the logistical needs of event planning. Said committee was to be comprised of the owners and producers from both contests. As the planning progressed, and to demonstrate the cooperative spirit in which the two contests were coming together, the committee agreed to bill the event as International Puppy and Handler Weekend (IPAHW).

From the outset, the initial concept of IPAHW was to cover two (2) years. The first of the two planned annual IPAHW events was held in St. Louis in July 2017, with International Puppy Weekend (IPC) hosting IPTC and opening the weekend up to the newly formed IPAHW event. The second IPAHW event was to be held in Dallas in July 2018, with IPTC hosting IPC during Beyond Vanilla. However, during the 2017 event, the producers of both contests and the advisory committee realized IPAHW was already bigger than the venue for Dallas in 2018 could hold. Thus it was agreed to host the second IPAHW event in St. Louis in July 2018.

Any official talks of an actual merger between IPC and IPTC were to begin after the conclusion of the IPAHW event held in 2018, which was the second of the two IPAHW events. This had been agreed upon to allow time to ensure that the two contests and their supporters were enough in alignment to support such an action. It was generally agreed, from the start in 2016, that a full alignment and possible merger, would take 3 to 5 years and would be not be finalized until 2019-2021.

Notice:
The original two (2) International Puppy and Handler Weekend (IPAHW) events that were held during 2017 and 2018 in Saint Louis, Missouri were the only IPAHW events International Puppy LLC (IPC), a Florida company, produced, funded and was financially responsible for. (see press release below)

The 2019 IPAHW (IPTC) and 2020 IPAHW (IPTC) events held in Indianapolis, Indiana were produced, funded and the sole financial responsibility of International Puppy and Handler Weekend LLC (IPTC), an Illinois company.

Master Joseph Mastrapasqua - Executive Producer International Puppy Contest
Master Joe was one of two owners of Puppy Graphics LLC, co-owner of I nternational Puppy LLC and Executive Producer of International Pup and Handler weekend. He was the Web Master, Member and former President of The Tampa Leather Club. He was the Founder of Florida Leather n Fetish Pride (FLaFP.com). He was married to Mitch Hixson and they were together since November 2000, they have been Pup Flip's owners since 2009. Joe was in the Tampa Bay area since July 2000 and was active in the leather community in P-town, MA, Phoenix, AZ and Tampa, FL since 1986.

Master Joe Mastrapasqua was taken off life support and passed away on September 6, 2018 after battling lung cancer that had spread to other parts of his body.

For several months, day and night he fought for every breath he took and tried to suppress the uncontrollable coughing each breath would bring.

He couldn’t lean back or put his swollen legs and feet up or he wouldn’t be able to breathe, even though he was on oxygen. He had to sit in his chair, leaning forward, feet down and his greatest wish was to simply be able to lie down in a bed again. Medications couldn’t stop the back and chest pain caused by the constant coughing. His legs were so swollen and heavy he couldn’t walk more than a few feet without sitting down to rest.

BUT he never gave up and he never gave in.

However, the lack of sleep and the physical pain and stress took its toll and was finally more than his body could take. He had to be placed on life support, hoping it would give his body time to heal enough that he would be able to start chemo and radiation treatments. In the end his body could not fight anymore. His organs started shutting down and they had to stop the life support. He passed away peacefully within a few minutes after life support ended.

The puppy community and the leather and fetish communities have lost a great leader.