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= Texas Puppy Club =

Texas Puppy Club is a non-profit social club (incorporated in the state of Texas) formed to bring together the clubs and pups from around the state and South Central region. Our purpose is to create a safe space in which the human pups, pets, and handlers can gather, learn, and grow.

History
In early 2017, the DFW Kennel Club began discussions about hosting a puppy camping weekend. They wanted to create an event that would let pet players of all types from around the region come together in a safe space to play, learn, and fellowship. They brought in other pups from around the state to help, and it became clear pretty quickly that this was bigger than any one club. So they changed their focus to creating something statewide and Woofstock Texas was born.

The planning committee worked hard, dedicating a great deal of their time and, in many cases, personal funds, to get the event off the ground. They hoped for 25 people to register but by the time that October rolled around, they had over 65 people signed up. They came from all around the state and even country with it being many pups' first event. Through the dedication of the planning committee and many other volunteers, that first Woofstock Texas was a tremendous success.

But something bigger than just an event was also born. The planners realized that they had a unique opportunity to bring together the pups from the region to support each other and to continue to grow. Texas Puppy Club was created to support the local groups and clubs and organize statewide and regional events to bring everyone together.

Controversy Within the Community
Several Controversies with Texas Puppy Club have been established throughout their time as a non-profit since 2017, while Texas Puppy Club does have a long history of attempting to establish themselves as the dominant authority when it comes to Animal Role Play In the State of Texas by creating events, hosting parties and more. There have been many concerns from the community regarding the transparency of membership dues, abandonment of prior events with no notice and constant promotion of wolf stock their main event that they hold within the state of Texas.

Abandonment of Prior Events
Wolf Stock 2022 is a big event for TPC and as a result all members involved with TPC were not going to be within in the city of Dallas, confusion began when there was a statement made by a board members husband stating that the event would be canceled. The community expressed concern for the cancelled event with some pushing for Dallas Pup Night to continue as usual, however to much of the dismay of the community the final statement by a board member was "In order for an event to be official with TPC, at least 1 board member must be in attendance.". This angered a lot of the community members as not everyone could was going to wolf stock and as such this was seen as an abomination of the Dallas community by TPC.

Transparency of Funds
in mid 2022 there was a push to figure out where all the funds being collected by members was going, Texas Puppy Club never came out with a formal statement and had held a meeting discussing the push to become a 501(c)7 saying that they were going to audit everything then release the Information at a later date and will be working with other non profits to improve.

Communication with Local Venues
The name of TPC is widely known to the Dallas Community in terms of Bars, Restaurants and More. In fact talking with them TPC has been criticized for their failure to communicate effectively, When they had canceled the event for Pup Night in Dallas with TMC they had failed to notify anyone of the change, this wasn't until angry individuals started telling staff of the issue they had with the event being canceled.