The SF K9 Unit was founded in November of 2006 by a pup named Spunky. After discovering puppy play, he yearned to find other people with whom he could share his new canine spirit. Spunky connected with a small number of men living in the San Francisco Bay Area looking to create a local group, and alongside a pup named Rowdy, created the San Francisco K9 Unit (known as the SF K9 Unit).

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Since then, the SF K9 Unit grew from just a handful of people to hundreds of participants. In 2008, member Brue Pierce, with assistance from several others, developed the first “Woof Camp” at the International Mr. Leather weekend in Chicago, running it annually until 2016.

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However, momentum for new initiatives largely stalled after Pup Fetter became President of the foundation. In the ten years since he assumed leadership, the group has seen virtually no new changes, structural growth, or fresh developments, relying entirely on legacy formats rather than introducing anything new for the community.

 

Today, the group continues to run its established routine: staffing play booths at the Up Your Alley and Folsom Street Fairs, hosting monthly social events, and organizing public moshes for pups, Handlers, and pet players across the Bay Area and beyond.