Owner-handlers chasing titles on a budget
The point tracker and budget sheet let you see whether the next major in your division is worth the entry fees and the tank of gas, before you commit to a four-day cluster.
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The Show Trial Kit.
Season planning, judge research, ringside critique, point and title tracking, certificate archiving, budget management, and handler records. Built for exhibitors running structured conformation and performance programs across AKC, UKC, and ABKC.
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001 / What is inside
A season run as a program,
not a string of weekends.
8 documents and live spreadsheets that turn a calendar of entries into a record of what you spent, where you went, who judged, what they said, and how the points actually added up.
A show season is paperwork that nobody hands you. The handler keeps their own notes. The superintendent keeps theirs. The judge writes a critique that disappears the moment the steward walks it out of the ring. You drive home with a placement in your head and twelve receipts in the cup holder, and the season is half over before you realize you cannot remember which judge liked the rear movement on your bitch in Fort Worth.
Every one of those losses compounds the next time you plan a campaign.
This kit is the eight documents that made my own show seasons legible. A pre-season planner that sets entries against a real budget. A judge research sheet that builds a file on every name you might ever pay an entry fee to. A ringside critique sheet that fits on a clipboard. A point tracker that knows the difference between AKC and UKC math. A budget tracker that tells you whether the trip to Houston paid for itself. Built by a working breeder for working breeders, then sharpened across two seasons of real entries.
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Show Season Planner
A landscape-format season planner covering goals, entry deadlines, and show logistics for every event on your calendar. Built by a working breeder for exhibitors running structured programs.
Judge Research Sheet
A structured pre-show research and ringside observation form for every judge you show under. One sheet per judge. Built by a working breeder who has stood at ringside long enough to know what the research is actually for.
Per-Show Results Log
A landscape results log capturing every show in order, with a dedicated major tracking section and a full award code reference. Built around the detail most exhibitors reconstruct from memory too late.
Ring Notes and Critique Sheet
A post-ring critique form for capturing the judge's comments, your own observations, a 1 to 5 presentation assessment, and the training flags that come out of every show. Fill it out before you leave the grounds.
Point and Title Tracker
A 5-tab spreadsheet tracking point totals and title progress for every dog in your program. Program Overview shows all dogs at once. Individual dog tabs hold the full show log. A title reference sheet covers AKC, UKC, and ABKC progressions.
Championship Certificate Log
A permanent record of every title your program has finished. Quick-reference title log, program milestone tracker, and per-title detail records with certificate number, finishing show, and the moment it happened.
Show Season Budget Tracker
A 2-tab spreadsheet tracking budgeted vs. actual costs across every show in the season, with a category breakdown summary and a season snapshot. Built for exhibitors who want to know what a show season actually costs.
Handler Communication Log
A per-handler record tracking dogs placed, per-show fee agreements, fees paid, and dated communication notes. Built around the disputes that actually happen between breeders and professional handlers.
Plus, included with every kit
The references and templates that make the documents work the way a show season actually runs.
- 8 show and trial documents
- Live spreadsheets with formulas
- Editable Word documents
- AKC, UKC, and ABKC title references
- Free updates to v1.x
002 / Who it is for
Built around real campaigns.
The kit assumes you are running a structured show or trial program across one or more registries, paying for entries that need to justify themselves, and tracking dogs whose titles actually matter to the placements you make. If that matches you, every document lands. If not, the FAQ below covers the edge cases.
Programs running pro and owner-handler side by side
The Handler Communication Log keeps a clean record of which dog went out under whom, what the rate was, and which weekend the handler invoiced for. So nothing falls through the cracks when two campaigns share the same season.
Working breeders whose titles back the program
Titled dogs sell puppies. The Championship Certificate Log keeps the documentation a buyer or registry will ask for in one place, instead of a folder of phone photos you took at ringside.
003 / Frequently asked questions
Answers before you ask.
The six questions that come up most often. If yours is not here, and ask directly.
The Point and Title Tracker ships with reference sheets for AKC, UKC, and ABKC, since those are the three registries most of my buyers run under. The Championship Certificate Log is registry-agnostic. The Per-Show Results Log uses the standard fields (date, show name, class, placement, points awarded) that every registry uses, so it works for IABCA, FCI, CKC, or any breed-club registry without modification.
All three. The Handler Communication Log has a column for who showed the dog at every entry, so an owner-handler season and a pro-handler season can live in the same workbook. The contact and rate-tracking sections fill in only when there is a handler to track. If you handle everything yourself, those tabs sit empty without breaking anything.
Both. Every spreadsheet prints clean on letter-size, and the Ring Notes and Critique Sheet was designed for clipboard use the second the dog walks out of the ring. The point tracker auto-calculates when you fill it in digitally and totals what you write in the margin when you fill it in by hand. Most of the breeders I know live in their car at shows. The kit assumes that is normal.
The Show Season Planner is a working document, not a locked plan. Rows can be added, removed, or marked as scratched without breaking the budget or point math. The Per-Show Results Log only counts shows you actually entered, so a cancelled flight or a sick dog does not bias your season analytics.
Fourteen days, no questions asked. Email dmumphrey@builtbydusty.com and the money goes back. After fourteen days the files are yours and the refund window has closed, since these are digital products that have already been delivered.
The email you check out with is the same address the next version lands in. When I add a tab, fix a formula, or extend the registry reference, every previous buyer gets the new file. No subscription, no upsell, no version-gating.
004 / Related kits
Pair it with the rest
of the system.
Three other kits cover the back office, the contracts, and the waitlist. Bundle pricing applies if you grab more than one in the same order.
Working Breeder Operations Kit
Twelve operational templates for the breeders running the program behind the show string. Buyer pipeline, litter logs, whelping records, and program management in one folder.
The Breeder Contract Kit
Nine contracts that cover the full life of a placement. Sale, deposit, co-ownership, guardian home, breeding rights, and go-home handoff.
Puppy Waitlist System Kit
Twelve documents and a tracking spreadsheet that turn an ad-hoc waitlist into a working pipeline. Inquiry to deposit to pickup.
New to shows
Want the contracts the kit assumes you have?
Most show programs are also breeding programs. The free contract kit ships four of the most-used templates as PDFs. A good place to land if you are setting up the paperwork side of the program for the first time.
Get the free kitPast templates
Need a custom tracker for your registry?
Custom record systems for breed clubs, registries, and multi-program kennels start at $3,500. Workflow diagnostic calls are $199 and end with a written report whether you hire afterward or not.
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