If you're shooting dog shows, I would suggest the newly announced 85mm 1.8G.
If you need another general purpose fast lens, then the 35mm 1.8G is the ticket. Great ofr landscapes, architecture, street photography and indoors. True to life perspective on your D3100.
I would suggest the following settings for shooting a dog show:
Spot Metering. Take your reading right off a single focus point.
Shoot in Manual. Try to keep the ISO at 1600 or lower on a D3100. Dial in an aperture of f/2.8 or f/4 (assuming you have an f/1.8 lens). Take a few test shots after dialing in a correct exposure, after taking a reading off of the handler or dog. Once you get it dialed in, leave it.
Focus mode should be in 'C' (continuous)
Focus points should be a single point... not 3D or Auto or any of that crap. Just use a single focus point and track your subject (the handler or the dog) through the view finder. Never use the Live View screen. Get good at panning through the viewfinder.
Finally... shoot RAW and get your hands on a copy of Lightroom or whatever other RAW processing software you prefer. Shooting RAW gives you a lot more options to develop the photo.
Another option, which was already mentioned, would be a good speed light. Since the background environment of that dog show is drab, depressing and bombed out, the speed light would let you drown out the environment completely if you could get a little closer. There aren't many ways to make any pictures in that monochromatic arena look good when you're shooting a bunch of monochromatic dogs, lol.
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