Shimmer is a devilish and playful Pomeranian with a flair for the pink and sparkly. A newer voice to the community, they’ve made a small name for themselves traveling to pup, pet and gear communities all over the US. Learning part of what makes each group their unique flavor while keeping the sense of belonging that makes every new group feel like a little bit of home. Always on the lookout for new friends and faces, he started off organizing trips with his more rural pets and handlers to experience the greater community through events like FANG, IPTC, and MAL. After a wonderful 3 years in this space, he now proudly carries an active membership in 3 midwestern states and DC (NEB-PAH, IA-PAH, SCPAH and TailWags) with plenty of friendly faces in other states. With a passion for pink and an eye for flair, you can usually find them embracing their inner style and rocking an outfit that’s all them. Most of his free time is spent working with his paws. Nerding out on model kits and with a background in metalworking, they’ve taken to crafting metal pup muzzles as a way to open up a unique style of pet play that shows their artistic flair.

PUP✶DEFIANT: Husky/Bernese Mountain Dog mix. Roughly 30% ears, 30% enthusiasm, 30% derp, 10% whatever the DVD logo is doing in there. (It has not hit the corner yet. We’re all rooting for it.) You may have heard of a tough little ship. Well… I’m a tough little pup. Overbuilt engines, questionable structural integrity on the “shakedown cruise 😈,” and a whole lot more armor than the silhouette suggests. Run the right protocol and the ears go flat, the cloak comes up, and you get something quieter and considerably more Section 31 about it. Chicago-made by way of small-town Indiana, in rubber since 2018, sober since March 24, 2023, and a firm believer that ¡BORKA BORKA! is a complete sentence. Roughly twenty-five years in cinema taught me to read a room in the dark. The rest of my time goes to the Chicago Rubber Club Board, ASTRAY, WIN-PAH, CPP, Chicago Hellfire Club, and showing up. Off-leash: plant daddy, photographer, gaymer, cooks for an army out of family tradition, will absolutely explain his Magic deck to you. I don’t beg for treats — I hand them out. Good pets and good humans deserve rewards, tasty bites, and a paw whenever they need one. (That means a few things. 😉) I show up loud for access, equality, and trans rights… and quietly for everything else. Smart enough to run the meeting. Dog-brained enough to chase the laser pointer immediately after. ✶squeak✶