Pup Ashtray B***r Kain has been pupping out for the last 27 years, and in 2014 he won his first leather title, Mr. Bullet Leather which lead him to a prominent role in reviving the human pup scene in Los Angeles, mostly by creating Dog Pound, the largest pup play event in SoCal at the time. In 2015 he created LA PUP PRIDE Weekend, with its crowning glory, the Los Angeles Pup Contest. Since its incarnation, the LA pup community has grown leaps and bounds since Dog Pound, with other promoters and the creation of the SoCal PAH group, several popular pup play events, including more recently the hit pup night called Chewi’s Kennel. Back in 2015, Ashtray and his handler Dan Lovell toured a ‘Dog Pound’ puppy playground to several local pride festivals and he began teaching classes on pup play at leather conventions across America. In 2016, he created the ‘Off Sunset Puppy Olympics,’ which was an Olympic style competition for human pups, and the party, ‘Beast’ designed for furries, pet players, primals and the humans the love them. In 2017, he became the first, ’International Geared Up Pup, and marched in the Atlanta Pride festival with the creators and the fabulous pup community in Atlanta, Georgia. At the same time in Hollywood, television producers took notice of his internet social presence and popularity.TruTV’s ‘You Can Do Better’ asked ashtray to be featured as a human pup on an episode about humans and their relationship to pets. He was also featured on two popular international radio talk shows. In 2018, Netflix asked him to be featured on the show, Magic for Humans, starring magician Justin Willman. They also featured the 2017 LA Pup contestants. It premiered in the season 1 finale, entitled, ‘Love.’
Ashtray currently is focused on producing and creating lgbtq, leather, fe**sh & pup play community events in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Pup Contest happens every year in November and has yielded 6 extraordinary title pups. He currently resides in Studio City.
