After you create a random drawing in PerfDog, you can easily move dogs around to avoid conflicts. Because it's a completely random drawing, there will initially be conflicts.
View this video to learn how to customize your running order and email it to entrants.
Or, read the instructions (with screenshots) below the video.
View and fix conflicts
See where conflicts lie and then use our Automatic fix feature or manually fix conflicts.
Easily see multiple course conflicts
PerfDog allows you to see up to 3 courses with run times across the page if your screen is large enough. This allows you to view potential conflicts with ease.
If you have up to 3 courses running at the same time, and they’re set up properly in Setup > Stakes, you can view them side by side with run times. This makes it easier to visualize conflicts between courses.
You can also scroll each course independently and bring the run times closer in line with each other on your screen. Click the "Scroll each course separately" button to enable and disable this ability.
Use our Automatic Fix feature
Click Automatically fix problems to let the system eliminate conflicts within each stake, based on the setting you choose in the Automatic fix settings (located to the left of the Automatically fix problems button). The Automatic fix settings include:
Avoid back-to-back
Prefer back-to-back and a sub setting of
Prefer out-and-back (out on odd numbered run, back on even)
The automatic fix may take a minute or two, but it works well if you don’t want to put a lot of thought into the conflicts within the stake. Each stake must be fixed separately AND fixed one at a time.
Manually fix problems
If you choose one of the options under Automatic fix settings (Avoid back-to-back, Prefer back-to-back and Prefer out-and-back), entries will be highlighted to indicate where your potential problems lie. Critical, Serious, and Minor issues are shown, with a clickable message on each issue. Change your Automatic fix settings and your highlighted issues will change as well. Using these settings can help you easily identify conflicts based on the chosen Automatic fix settings.
Manually move entries to eliminate conflicts. There are 3 ways you can manually move dogs:
Click, hold, and drag an entry to another location within the stake. This shifts all dogs up or down by one line depending on where you drag the dog to.
Pick 1 and move - Choose a round button to the left of an entry and move it up or down using the arrows on the left side of the stake above the entries. Undo and redo buttons are also here.
Pick 2 and swap - Choose 2 square buttons to the right of 2 entries and swap them using the Swap button on the right side of the stake above the entries. Undo and redo buttons are also here.
Add new brace - Helpful with bitches in season
Add new brace can be used in cases where you have a bitch in season.
Example: You have a bitch in season in the last brace with a bye dog. A male dog is entered in the event after you’ve created your running order. The system will place the new male dog in the last brace with the bitch in season. In this case, you would need to either swap the male with a female from an earlier brace or add a new brace and move the newly added male dog to the brace above the bitch in season. You’ll have 2 bye dog braces, which is acceptable.
Example: You have 2 bitches in season in the last brace. A male dog is entered in the event after you’ve created your running order. The system will place the new male dog in the last brace with a bye dog. The 2 in-season bitches will need to be moved to the end. The easiest way to move that brace to the end is to:
Pick (round button) one bitch and click the Add new brace button.
Do the same with the second bitch.
Make sure the newly added dog is moved or placed in a brace above the 2 bitches, even if it’s a bye-dog brace.
Click the x next to the bottom bitch to merge the 2 bitches into one brace.