A rub is something applied on the skin or outer part of the dog. Could be on the handler's shoe or lower pants leg like Bitch urine. Before or during a dog show to hinder a dog from it's best performance. Or to make a dog quit pulling and get counted out or disqualified. Like a Nicotine Sulfate rub.

Some people that enter dog weight pulling shows do use a steroid keep to enhance the performance of their dog. It is not considered a rub. A steroid is applied into the muscle by injection or by mouth in tablet form. Some may use, say testosterone in a gel form. Even the lowest strength in gel form may be to much for a dog.

Unless one stipulates in the weight pulling contract that nether dog is to have been given steroids in the keep. Which no one could prove unless a blood test is done before or after the weight pull event. It is a moot point. Who is going to do all that and involve a licensed veterinarian at the show site.

I personally only knew a couple that incorporated a steroid keep successfully in their dog training keep. The # one person was Ozzie Stevens. His steroid keep may have been published later in some of the older dog magazines. The dog conditioners that put a real severe and hard keep on a dog. Were some that probably used a steroid keep along with a good basic feed keep.

You will get all sorts of arguments pro and con for a steroid keep or not. Unless one knows a dog conditioner that knows the in and outs of using a steroid. Best not to do, and left alone. Will do more harm than good. Today getting such steroids like Winstrol V or Anavar, from a licensed Veterinarian may be nearly impossible.

If one has in their possession any type drugs, like various steroids listed to be used only by a licensed Veterinarian or M.D. That alone is enough for Johnny Law and Susie Humane Dyke Society to have a field day with you. If they chose to get a search warrant to go onto your property and dog yard.

It is best to learn how to do a solid natural keep. Way back when, those who wanted to find out about the latest steroid keep to use. Were many times, just looking for a no work, short cut keep. Not willing to put in the full 60 to 90 day type keep. So called Dog Men that basically just wanted to gamble with no real concern for the dog. A lot of OTC dog pulls turned into the magazines as a won weight pulling event. Cheers