Earned scores. Recorded the same way every time.
Every K9 Elements trial uses the same scoresheet template, the same two-person review, and the same appeal window. Results are public.
Three things that make a score stand.
Two-person review
Every scoresheet is signed by the judge and cross-checked by the trial secretary before it leaves the scoring table.
30-day appeal window
Any handler may submit a scoring or procedural appeal within 30 days. Appeals go to a separate panel — not the original judge.
Public scoresheet archive
Every finalized scoresheet is searchable by dog, handler, judge, event, and trial date. Results don't disappear.
From the field to the database.
Judge scores on the official template
Each exercise is marked against published criteria and initialed by the judge before the next exercise begins. No retroactive corrections once the block is initialed.
Trial secretary cross-checks the sheet
The secretary verifies the arithmetic on every row, confirms the handler's class assignment matches their registration, and checks the judge's signature before the scoresheet leaves the table.
Provisional result posted within 24 hours
The result appears in the handler's record by the end of the following day. A provisional result is binding for title purposes — but it stays open to appeal until the window closes.
30-day appeal window opens
Any handler may file a scoring or procedural appeal within 30 days of the provisional posting. File via the contact form; appeals are assigned to a review panel that excludes the original judge and secretary.
Result becomes final and enters the archive
When the window closes without an appeal — or when an appeal panel issues its decision — the result is locked and moves to the public scoresheet archive. Finalized results are permanent.
The full scoring standard is public.
Every scoring criterion, fault, and qualifying threshold is documented in the rulebook for each event. Read them before your first trial — and hold us to them.
Contest a provisional result.
Appeals must be filed within 30 days of the provisional result. A separate review panel — not the original judge or trial secretary — handles every case. Grounds include scoring error, procedural violation, and class assignment dispute.
Every finalized scoresheet, searchable.
Spectators and handlers can look up any released scoresheet by dog, handler, judge, event, or trial date. Anonymity is not part of the model — being judged in public is the point.