Dogshow.ca - Prairies

20/12/2023

We are happy to announce that we now support Canadian Association of Rally Obedience (CARO) events!

You can add your CARO registered dog to your My Account today.

Trial Secretaries: Please contact us at [email protected] if you would like to use DogShow.ca for your next CARO event.

23/02/2022

We now support AAC Agility trials!

*Handlers*: To prepare for your first AAC Agility Trial with DogShow.ca, feel free to add your AAC registered dog to your My Account today. If your dog is already CKC registered, you'll have to add a new record for AAC.

*Clubs*: To arrange a live online demo of our AAC/CKC Agility module, please message us for more details.

14/01/2022

DogShow.ca now handles CKC Agility trials!

We have officially released our new Event Secretary app, which features the ability to enter results and calculate points and Q/NQ on-site WITHOUT an internet connection!

DogShow.ca has your trial covered from accepting online entries, tracking live limits, running orders, scribe sheets, marked catalogues, accounting and now all the way to on-site results and point calculations. All in one easy-to-use system!

Choose to run the app on a phone, tablet or your PC/Mac laptop optionally connected to a printer.

*** Please contact us for one of our daily online system demonstrations. We are now booking into the 1st week of February. ***

Do we support AAC as well? We are looking for AAC clubs to work with to further enhance the system to handle AAC trials.

09/01/2022

Great news! Based on the feedback we've received, the 10 minute shopping cart timer will now reset back to 10 minutes for each entry you add to your shopping cart.

This will now allow you ample time to complete multiple entries if you'd like to process them with a single payment transaction.

08/03/2021

Are you ever confused on which of your entries corresponds to which of your credit card charges, when they all show as "DogShow.ca" on your statement?

If so, you'll love that we now also post your unique 9 digit transaction number on your statement as well. You can find this same transaction number on your email receipt or online under your My Account. Hint: It always starts with a "Z".

In the coming months we will be adding a feature to allow you to key a transaction number in your My Account, and we'll show you what entries were covered under that charge!

08/03/2021

Last night’s Battle River entries filled in an amazing 3 minutes!

During that time, we had over 1200 clicks on Step 1 of the entry process, representing over 33,000 total server page requests for first part of the hour.

We’ve spent the last 5 months enhancing the system in multiple ways to handle this, and we’d like to report our progress.

1. Prevent duplicate dogs, which take up spots which could be used by other exhibitors (caused by multiple exhibitors attempting at the same time to get the same dog entered). We are happy to report that we had absolutely 0 duplicate dogs for this event.

2. Allow exhibitors to enter multiple entries for additional shows. This feature is complete and was used quite a bit this time by exhibitors entering a few shows, then then subsequently adding another entry for additional shows that opened as other exhibitors’ reservations had expired.

3. Speed up the website to handle when over 1000 exhibitors are connected at the same time. We’ve completed this and now can quickly add and remove servers when required, easily handling more than 1000 exhibitors.

4. Extended the reservation time to 10 minutes (from 5 minutes), as some people just don’t type and click as fast as others. :-)

5. We now keep shopping cart items in your cart, even if you close your browser once you get past Step 3. Now when you accidentally close your browser, you can always come back and continue your entry (assuming it’s within the 10-minute reservation window).

6. We now send out emails notifications if your shopping cart expires, so you know you are not entered and need to re-enter.

7. Set up a test event, so exhibitors can get some practice in on the online entry process. We'll keep our test event open for entire year, as over 100 exhibitors used this feature.

Some areas we need to work on still:

1. The system now has enhanced duplicate payment protection. We did have 1 single exhibitor with a duplicate credit card payment (4 charges were made, which were immediately found and refunded within the hour). We’ll be enhancing the system to close that gap in preparation for the next show.

2. Some exhibitors reported that their browser was showing as stuck on step 3 for a while. Meanwhile, we had so many servers online at that time that they weren’t that busy at all (at 25% of their maximum). We believe the issue lies with certain browsers losing communication with the server (caused by a temporary internet issue between the two). We will be enhancing that part of the process so that the browser will check in with the server every 30 seconds to make sure the browser and server are still communicating.

3. Out of our 30 servers we had online, there was 1 bad server in the pool. This means on average 1 out of every 30 requests would result in an odd-looking error page. Refreshing your browser would have quickly brought you to another server, allowing you to continue without any information loss. We are now working with our hosting company to see why this happened, and how to prevent it from happening in the future. I’m happy to report that this was not related to any server being overloaded, but simply a “dud” server in the pool.

Overall, we’ve had very positive feedback from exhibitors on the performance of the new website. We will now be fixing the 3 issues above in time for the next show opening. This will allow us to fulfill our commitment we made to all exhibitors last fall.

Thank you for trusting DogShow.ca with your show entries. We continue to aim to keep the entry process fair to all and have a reliable system to handle the “new normal” of the show entry process.

07/03/2021

Has it been awhile since you've placed your online entry with us? Would you like to test out your skills?

There is now a test event online which you can enter your dog into (free of charge). Just search for the event for "Test Club"!

10/02/2021

CONGRATULATIONS HANNA CAMPBELL!

Hanna Campbell from Calgary, Alberta has won our trip for TWO to the World Dog Show 2021 in the Czech Republic

This includes airfare, hotel and general admission show tickets.

With the show being a full 8 months away, we are hoping it will be once again safe to travel by then, allowing Hanna to enjoy this trip of a lifetime!

05/10/2020

DogShow.ca would like to apologize for the system degradation and temporary outages that occurred in the first few hours of the opening of the Prince Albert Kennel & Obedience Club limited shows.

Recently we had redesigned from ground up the workflow of the online exhibitor entry portion of the system, including a new temporary reservations feature. This investment was done to prepare for the anticipated number of exhibitors attempting to enter this event.

While we did underestimate the number of exhibitors (over 500 exhibitors were attempting to enter at the exact same few seconds of entry opening), we unfortunately experienced a major system glitch that further overwhelmed the servers, issued too many reservations, and also issued incorrect entry numbers to exhibitors (and in a few instances, the same numbers for entries received at different times).

In the hours after the entries filled, we determined entry order by reviewing the website logs. The system glitch was resolved shortly afterwards.

We are now committing to substantial investment to further strengthen our infrastructure to support up to 2,500 concurrent exhibitors, as we foresee this the new normal heading into 2021. Our goal is a high-performance and reliable website, whether there are 1 or 2,500 exhibitors online.

Furthermore, we completely understand the frustration exhibitors experienced with our service, and we would like to personally apologize with a one-time use coupon, which will waive 100% of our service fees for your next online entry with us. If the website logs show that you logged into your account during the period of degradation, you will receive an email from us in the next 24 hours with your unique promo code.

I hope you will accept our sincere apologies.

24/09/2020

GREAT NEWS! For limited entry events you now have 5 minutes to make your payment before you lose your spot in line.

Once you pass Step 3 of the entry process, this orange window will display, giving you peace of mind that your selections are reserved just for you, temporary for 5 minutes.

If you do not make payment within 5 minutes, your reservations will be released, but you can still attempt to place your entry anyways.

Placing multiple entries? Please keep in mind that the 5 minute reservation countdown for your first entry applies to all subsequent entries added to your shopping cart Depending on how prepared you are with your entry, you may want to make payment for your first entry before proceeding to your next.

04/08/2020

20/04/2020

The premium list for Alberta Clipper Hunting Retriever Association [WORKING CERT] (Jul 18) has just been posted!

Sat, Jul 18, 2020

19/04/2020

The premium list for Alberta Clipper Hunting Retriever Association [HUNT TEST] (Jul 1) has just been posted!

Wed, Jul 1, 2020

18/04/2020

The premium list for Alberta Clipper Hunting Retriever Association [HUNT TEST] (Jun 27-28) has just been posted!

Sat, Jun 27, 2020 to Sun, Jun 28, 2020

17/04/2020

EARLYBIRD PRICES END TODAY! @ 11:59 PM MDT!

Alberta Boxer Club [Canine Reproduction and Neonatology Seminar] (Jun 6-7)

Enter online now at DogShow.ca!

Sat, Jun 6, 2020 to Sun, Jun 7, 2020

08/04/2020

ENTRIES NOW OPEN!

Eastern Slopes Spaniel Association (Jun 13)

Enter online now at DogShow.ca!

Sat, Jun 13, 2020

08/04/2020

The premium list for Eastern Slopes Spaniel Association (Jun 13) has just been posted!

Sat, Jun 13, 2020

05/04/2020

The *REVISED* flyer for Calgary Kennel and Obedience Club (May 8-11) has just been posted!

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The Show has been cancelled.

Fri, May 8, 2020 to Mon, May 11, 2020

03/04/2020

The *REVISED* premium list for Calgary Kennel and Obedience Club (May 8-11) has just been posted!

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Closing date extended to April 27

Fri, May 8, 2020 to Mon, May 11, 2020

31/03/2020

ENTRIES NOW OPEN!

Alberta Lure Coursing Association [LURE COURSING] (May 23-24)

Enter online now at DogShow.ca!

Sat, May 23, 2020 to Sun, May 24, 2020

30/03/2020

The premium list for Alberta Lure Coursing Association [LURE COURSING] (May 23-24) has just been posted!

Sat, May 23, 2020 to Sun, May 24, 2020

24/03/2020

The unofficial marked catalogue for Prince Albert Kennel & Obedience Club (Conformation - Sun-6) is now available online!

Thu, Mar 12, 2020 to Sun, Mar 15, 2020

24/03/2020

The unofficial marked catalogue for Prince Albert Kennel & Obedience Club (Conformation - Sun-5) is now available online!

Thu, Mar 12, 2020 to Sun, Mar 15, 2020

22/03/2020

The *REVISED* premium list for Badger Barn Rats (Jun 26-28) has just been posted!

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Updated dates.

Fri, Jun 26, 2020 to Sun, Jun 28, 2020

22/03/2020

The premium list for Australian Cattle Dog Club Of Canada [ALL BREED HERDING - STOCKDOG SHEEP] (Aug 1-3) has just been posted!

Sat, Aug 1, 2020 to Mon, Aug 3, 2020

22/03/2020

The premium list for Australian Cattle Dog Club Of Canada [ALL BREED HERDING - DUCKS] (Aug 1-3) has just been posted!

Sat, Aug 1, 2020 to Mon, Aug 3, 2020

22/03/2020

The premium list for Australian Cattle Dog Club Of Canada [ALL BREED HERDING - SHEEP] (Aug 1-3) has just been posted!

Sat, Aug 1, 2020 to Mon, Aug 3, 2020

18/03/2020

The flyer for Calgary Kennel and Obedience Club (May 8-11) has just been posted!

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) update.

Fri, May 8, 2020 to Mon, May 11, 2020

15/03/2020

The unofficial marked catalogue for Saskatoon Kennel & Obedience Club Inc. [RALLY] (Rally Obedience Trials - Sun-4) is now available online!

Sat, Mar 14, 2020 to Sun, Mar 15, 2020

15/03/2020

The unofficial marked catalogue for Saskatoon Kennel & Obedience Club Inc. [RALLY] (Rally Obedience Trials - Sun-3) is now available online!

Sat, Mar 14, 2020 to Sun, Mar 15, 2020