This is the stuff that anyone can use no matter what you and your dogs are competing in.  This page is graphic intensive so please be patient.

Lets start with fans.  In some areas they are a necessity.  I don't think an air conditioner has ever been built that can keep up with a crating area full of panting dogs, frantic handlers, and dogs running in various rings.  Most people take a large box fan and blast the dogs.  The dogs love it but it's in your way.  I've seen a small fan that clips to the dogs crate but it costs a small fortune and really doesn't move that much air.   It has the advantage of being battery powered but I always have power at my setup (or I don't go).  So what else can you use?
 

	We found these small clip fans at Home Depot (Walmart has them, too).  They bend in all directions and move quite a bit of air.  Total cost?  $7.00 each (+/- a few cents)
	Here they are in use at our setup.  They clipped to the lip of the crate but they did partially block us from opening the crate door.  If we hadn't been up against a wall I would have clipped them to the back of the crate.

Here's an idea I had that's far more flexible and very inexpensive.  I call it...

Parts List All parts are 3/4" Schedule 40 PVC 1 ea. 24" section 2 ea. 12" sections 10 ea. 6" sections 2 ea. X sections 3 ea. T sections 9 ea. end caps PVC glue

    Assembly is easy.  The PVC comes in 10' lengths, so you only need one.  Cut the PVC to the lengths shown in the drawing and glue them together.  You can glue the entire thing together or you can just push it together.  If you push it together you can take it apart for easy transportation and storage.  One word of advice, though.  If you push it together I would recommend gluing the parts that are marked in red on the sketch.  After you clamp on a few fans it becomes top heavy.  If you don't glue the base together it has a tendency to fall over.
    We have clamped up to 6 fans on it.  With that many fans it sways in the breeze it creates.  A sharp eye will notice that the tree in the photo is not exactly like the tree in the sketch.  This is a lesson learned.  The base in the photo is narrow and tips over easily.  The sketch is the way I would build a new one.  Also notice the Aussie butt in the lower corner of the photo.  Crystal loves a fan even if it's 50 degrees in her crate.  We bought a storage box that holds seven fans, the fan tree and a power strip.  That way nothing gets lost.

	The red dolly is my older one.  It cost $35.00 at Sears.  It works great until you cross a soft dirt parking lot.  Then the small tires dig trenches and it's difficult to pull.  It carries 250 lbs. without a problem. The black dolly is the new one.  It cost $70.00 at Home Depot and carries 400 lbs.  I don't think it will have a problem carrying 6 bags of dog food.  I usually overload it and have carried 8 crates and a grooming table on it before.
	If you don't want to build a fan tree, here's an inexpensive (yet ugly) alternative.   <VBG>

Here's an idea that a friend gave us.  Have you ever been to a show and you only took one dog?  If you change clothes at the hotel and don't need to do any major grooming, you can compact your stuff into one small load.  And a small load needs a small dolly.
 

This is a standard luggage dolly.  It costs about $15.00 if you shop around.  It holds quite a bit for such a light weight dolly.  And it folds up, too.  Click on the picture to see what we've loaded up.  Don't try to cross a dirt parking lot, though.

	Here is Lucas in the standard 4X4 collapsible X-pen.  You can see that it's not exactly 4X4 anymore.
	With the X-Pen-X installed the pen keeps its shape.
	Here's a better picture of the X.  The parts list includes: 1 ea, 10 ft. piece of Schedule 40 PVC pipe. 1 ea, Cross fitting 8 ft. of bulk bungee cord (or two, 4 ft. normal cords) 4 ea, bungee hooks (not needed if using normal cords)