About Us
The mission of the Florida Critter and Trainer Contest is to provide a fun space for healthy competition, a platform for education, and a spotlight to bring increased visibility of all Critter/Pet play modalities.
We hope that through investment and development of this contest that we can help foster more understanding of the various headspace types present in our diverse community.
Collared Flamingo Society Inc. is proud to serve our critter community through producing, among other events, Florida Critter and Trainer Contest. Learn More
History
2025
June 2025
After the amazing inagural year, Florida Critter & Trainer Contest LLC is dissolved, transferring all assets to Collared Flamingo Society Inc., and FL Critter and Trainer Contest is filed as a DBA. This was done so that the contest isn’t owned by individuals – it is instead owned and run by an organization formed with the intent of filing as a 501c3 before the end of 2025.
January 31 – February 1
Florida Critter & Trainer Contest 2025 – Read the 2025 Review Here
2024
September
Following months of preparation and hard work, and after everyone’s initial title years were complete, the Florida Critter & Trainer Contest was unveiled with a new website and details about the contest.
2023
October
After a meeting between Momma Ember, Sir Joe, Handler Chris, Puppy Stolas, Pup Turtle, and MX Voss, the title stewardship was transferred to the founders of the budding Florida Kink Community.
2022
October
Puppy Stolas started networking and compiling resources in a push to revive the Critter Title after their step-down as Florida Puppy.
Around the COVID Years...
Florida Leather & Fetish Pride dissolves and the critter title ownership is transferred to Neil (now known as Pup Turtle) and Lady Voss (now known as MX Voss).
2018
November
Florida Leather & Fetish Pride adds the FLFP Critter title. The title was created to expand title opportunities for those in the community who weren’t pups but wanted the experience. Pup Aechus is elected the inaugural titleholder as FLFP Critter 2019. He was judged by Head Judge Boy Dax, Sir Luke Monaco, Master Triskelan, Scot Blumenstein, Sea Wolf, and Noelle Ma’am. Pup Aechus acknowledged that while he is a pup, his hope is that future contestants were other critters, as he is just “warming the seat for them.”
Fun Facts
The original founder of Florida Leather n Fetish Pride (FLFP), Master Joe Mastrapasqua, was also a co-founder and executive producer of International Puppy Contest (IPC), which per IPC was effectively merged into International Puppy and Trainer Contest (IPTC) after his passing. IPC was held for at least one year at Tampa Leather n Fetish Pride, the name FLFP was originally known by.
In 2012, Florida Puppy Contest was founded by Pup Otter (now known as Sir Topher) and Sir Shadow (now known as Master Shadow), and debuted at FLFP in 2013 for the 2014 title year. Sheba was elected Florida Puppy 2014, and she holds the distinction of being the first Florida Puppy. In 2017, stewardship of Florida Puppy Contest was passed to its current owners and producers, Pup Dobber and Sir Wade.
Florida Critter and Trainer Contest LLC was founded in 2024 by the same folks that co-founded Florida Kink Community LLC, after being given stewardship of the Critter title by Pup Turtle and MX Voss in 2023. Florida Kink Community LLC’s main goal is to bring the broader kink community together to provide opportunities and accessibility through resource and information sharing between our diverse communities.
Meet the Team
We are currently gathering bios for our production team. Check back regularly for updates!
Handler Chris
He/Him
Handler Chris, your IPTC International Trainer 2023, is quick to admit that Handlers are best described as “Chaos Directors”. Prior to being elected IPTC International Trainer, he was elected Florida Puppy Handler 2022. Handler Chris currently lives in Tampa, FL, USA with his partners and pups Puppy Stolas and Pup Nallen. As a co-founder of NCF-PAH and Florida Kink Community, he’s always looking for ways to support safe, sane, consensual, and inclusive communities and events, listening for ways we can do better, and quick to ask “how can I help?”