Effective Date: September 24, 2026
Operated by 7Bark Software LLC, doing business as K9 Events HQ.
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K9 Events HQ ("the Platform") at k9eventshq.com is owned and operated by 7Bark Software LLC, doing business as K9 Events HQ ("we," "us," or "our"). The Platform was previously called Sport Dog Hub; only the name changed.
By creating an account or using the Platform, you agree to these Terms of Service ("Terms") and to our Privacy Policy, which explains what information we collect and how we use it. If you do not agree, do not use the Platform.
If you use the Platform on behalf of a club or organization, you confirm that you are authorized to bind it to these Terms, and "you" includes that club or organization.
K9 Events HQ is an event management platform for dog sports. Depending on your role, it lets you:
The Platform also includes in-app messaging, optional browser push alerts for run-day updates, a public community calendar of dog sport events gathered from other organizations' published schedules, and an optional connection to K9 Stats HQ (see section 8).
The Platform supports events run under the rules of organizations such as UKC (United Kennel Club), SRS (Superdock Racing Series), UAD (Ultimate Air Dogs), BAD (Best All Around Dog), UpDog Challenge, and unsanctioned "Club Only" events. K9 Events HQ is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by any of these organizations unless we say so explicitly.
You must be at least 18 years old to create an account. Accounts are personal and may not be shared, sold, or transferred. To register you provide your name, email address, phone number, and a password. You agree to:
Each account has one role: competitor, club owner, score keeper, or photographer. Club owner and photographer accounts must be approved by us before they gain access to event management or the public directory. Score keepers are added by the club they work for.
Youth handlers. Some sanctioning organizations offer youth or junior handler classes. Only an adult account holder can enter a youth handler, and the adult is responsible for that entry and for having the authority to provide the youth's name and date of birth. Youth handlers do not hold accounts.
We may suspend or close accounts that violate these Terms, that we reasonably believe are fraudulent, or that create risk for other users, clubs, or the Platform.
The Platform is in a free beta program through December 31, 2026. This is a deliberate period in which the product is in real use: clubs run real events, competitors enter real dogs, and results recorded during the beta are real official results. During the beta:
Paid club plans begin with the 2027 season, as described in section 5. Nothing about the beta changes the fact that competitor accounts are free.
Competitors never pay K9 Events HQ. There is no competitor subscription, no paid tier, and no fee for a Dog Number. We do not add a service fee to a club's entry checkout.
Club plans from 2027. Starting with the 2027 season, clubs will pay a per-event fee, with the first event free and a cap on what a club pays in any rolling twelve-month period. The current planned rates are published on our Pricing page. No club is billed during the 2026 beta, and no club billing system is active today. Before club billing begins we will publish the final rates and the billing terms, and we will not charge any club without telling it first. If a club later stops using the Platform, official results it already posted stay on competitors' dog profiles.
Entry fees are paid to the club, not to us. A host club may connect its own Square account and collect event entry fees online. When it does, you pay the club directly through Square's checkout and the money goes to the club's Square account. K9 Events HQ is not the merchant, does not hold your funds, and never sees your card number. Entry fee amounts, additional-dog pricing, coupons, payment deadlines, and refunds are set and handled by the host club under its own policies and the rules of the sanctioning organization. Your use of Square's checkout is also subject to Square's terms. We show clubs and competitors a record of what was paid so both sides can reconcile.
Donations. When enabled, the Platform may accept optional donations that help keep it free during the beta. Donations are processed by Stripe under Stripe's terms and are not refundable except as required by law. We never store card numbers.
If a paid service is ever introduced beyond what this section describes, we will update these Terms and tell you before it applies to you.
Several kinds of content live on the Platform, and different rules apply to each.
Your content. This is what you enter or upload: your profile, dog profiles and photos, fun facts, weight entries, documents, messages, feedback, and, for clubs, event descriptions, images, and documents. You own your content. So that we can run the Platform, you give 7Bark Software LLC a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to store, display, reproduce, adapt (for example, resizing an image), and share your content as needed to operate, secure, and improve the Platform, including showing it on public pages where the Platform is designed to do so. This license ends when the content is removed from the Platform, except for copies kept in routine backups, in event records described below, or as the law requires.
You confirm that you have the right to post what you post, including any photo of a person or dog, and that it does not infringe anyone else's rights.
Club event information. A host club controls its own events: dates, location, pricing, runs, registrations, check-in, and scoring. The club is responsible for the accuracy of its event information, for its entry and refund policies, and for complying with the rules of the organization that sanctions its event.
Official results. When a club verifies and locks a run, the scores, placements, divisions, and points for that run become the official record of that event on the Platform. Official results are part of the competitive record. They belong to the event, are visible to the public, and stay on each dog's profile even if the club or the competitor later stops using the Platform or the account is closed. We may keep them after an account is closed with the owner's personal details removed.
Corrections and deletions. Scoring mistakes happen. A club can correct a score before a run is locked, and a club or our administrators can unlock, correct, or delete a result afterward when the correction is legitimate. Corrections are logged, and where a result has already been shared with K9 Stats HQ, the correction or deletion is sent there too (see section 8). We may correct or remove results we reasonably believe are inaccurate, fabricated, or entered in violation of these Terms.
Sanctioning organizations are authoritative. The organization that sanctions an event, and the host club and judges running it, decide what the rules are, how scores are read, and what counts. Titles, points toward titles, and official rankings are issued by those organizations, not by K9 Events HQ. If a result on the Platform differs from an organization's official record, the organization's record controls.
You can upload dog and profile photos, club hero images, photographer showcase photos, and documents such as insurance certificates, judge certifications, and event paperwork. Today:
Do not upload anything you do not have the right to share, anything malicious, or any sensitive document that is not needed for an event. Uploaded medical, veterinary, or health records are not a feature of the Platform, and we do not review uploads for content.
K9 Stats HQ is a separate companion product where a dog's titles, career milestones, and statistics are tracked. It has its own account, terms, and privacy policy. K9 Events HQ records events and official results; K9 Stats HQ works out what those results add up to.
A dog on K9 Events HQ can be connected to a K9 Stats HQ record only with the dog owner's approval on their K9 Events HQ account page. Once connected, that dog's official results are sent to K9 Stats HQ, and titles and career statistics K9 Stats HQ computes are shown on the dog's public profile here. Either side can disconnect. The full flow, what is sent in each direction, and what is never shared are described in the Privacy Policy. By approving a connection you authorize us to send that dog's official results to K9 Stats HQ as described there.
You agree not to:
We may remove content and suspend or close accounts that break these rules, and we may tell a sanctioning organization or a host club about conduct that affects their events.
The Platform, including its design, code, features, branding, logos, and documentation, belongs to 7Bark Software LLC and is protected by intellectual property law. You may use it only as these Terms allow. You may not copy, modify, distribute, reverse-engineer, or build derivative works from any part of it without our written consent.
Organization names, logos, and rulebooks (such as UKC, SRS, UAD, BAD, and UpDog Challenge) belong to their owners and appear on the Platform to identify events and apply their rules. Photos and content you or others upload belong to their owners.
Events listed on the Platform are organized and run by host clubs at physical locations. The host club is solely responsible for the event: venue, safety, equipment, water, judging, supervision of dogs and people, insurance, and compliance with the sanctioning organization's rules and with local law. Entering an event through the Platform does not make 7Bark Software LLC a party to your relationship with the club or the organization.
Events shown on the community calendar are collected from other organizations' public schedules. We do not run them, we do not verify them, and details may change without our knowledge. Confirm with the organizer before you travel.
THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Some states do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so some of this may not apply to you.
Without limiting that, 7Bark Software LLC does not promise:
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, 7BARK SOFTWARE LLC AND ITS MEMBERS, MANAGERS, AND CONTRACTORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA, RESULTS, TITLES, PRIZES, REVENUE, OR GOODWILL, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE PLATFORM, EVEN IF WE WERE TOLD SUCH DAMAGES WERE POSSIBLE.
OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE PLATFORM WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) $100 OR (B) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO 7BARK SOFTWARE LLC IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM. Entry fees paid to a club are paid to the club, not to us, and do not count toward this amount.
We are not responsible for injury to any person or animal, or for property damage, at events managed through the Platform. Some states do not allow these limitations, so some of them may not apply to you.
You agree to defend and hold harmless 7Bark Software LLC from claims, losses, and reasonable costs (including attorneys' fees) that arise from your content, your events, your breach of these Terms, or your violation of any law or of someone else's rights. This does not apply to the extent a claim is caused by our own breach of these Terms.
You can stop using the Platform at any time. To close your account, email [email protected] from the address on the account and we will close it for you. There is no self-service account deletion yet. You can remove individual dogs, photos, and documents yourself from your account page.
We may suspend or close an account if you break these Terms, if we must for legal or safety reasons, or if we stop offering the Platform. We will give notice when we reasonably can.
When an account is closed:
These Terms and any dispute relating to them or to the Platform are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois and applicable United States federal law, without regard to conflict of law rules.
If you have a problem, please contact us first at [email protected]. Most issues can be sorted out directly. If we cannot resolve a dispute informally within 30 days, either of us may bring it in the state or federal courts located in Illinois, and you and we each agree to the personal jurisdiction of those courts. Nothing in this section prevents either party from bringing a qualifying claim in small claims court, or from seeking an injunction to protect intellectual property or the security of the Platform.
We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will change the Effective Date at the top of this page. For material changes, such as the start of club billing, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you by email or with a notice on the Platform before the change takes effect. Continued use of the Platform after a change takes effect means you accept the updated Terms.
We welcome feedback and feature ideas, and the Platform has a feedback form for exactly that. Anything you send us as feedback is voluntary and non-confidential, and you agree that we may use it without restriction or payment and without crediting you. This does not affect your ownership of your content under section 6.
Questions about these Terms:
If any part of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the whole agreement between you and 7Bark Software LLC about the Platform. Our not enforcing a term is not a waiver of it.
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