Duke City,

I apologize for missing this question. (I did not intentionally ignore it.)

My own beliefs are as follows:

Everyone whoever gambles or risks stakes is "superstitious" in some kinda way.

That's just the nature of anyone's mindset when it comes to games of "chance."

There will always be some part "skill," some part "luck," and some part "chance" (or styles, etc.).

I do not believe in a 3-count whatsoever.
I believe in a 0.5-1.0 count, that's it.

Anymore than that is a dehydrated dog IMO, and a dehydrated dog is never in its best possible condition.

I believe the following is one of the most important statements that anyone can read:

Just because a person "does something," and is successful, does NOT mean "what they did" was the cause of that success

SO MANY TIMES a dog wins in spite of what his owner does, NOT "because of" what he did

With that said, I don't think a single dog on the face of this earth ever won "because of" the fact his owner used dex on him.

I absolutely DO believe many dogs have LOST because of the amateurish, improper use of dex.

In the end, I personally believe that a "best, lowest weight" can (and should) be achieved without the use of dex.

Jack