Lasix/water pills work. The problem is that they work. Once given they will continue to work even to the point the dog has lost valuable fluid/electrolytes.

The timing and the individual dog at that point of his conditioning coupled with his current water content will all factor in to how well it works.

I'm not knocking on the pill, or the intent, as a lot of people have used it, but I would think if removing water by means of a pill that close to the show odds are one missed with the last 6/8 weeks of effort.

I'm not even sure how one would pre-keep practice with it as the dog is a completely different animal from Pre-keep to 8 week finished.

I thought about goin that route a few times and know people who have used them 24 hours out but I never felt comfortable with the accuracy of how much water one pill would remove. When the dog is worked down and fed down to an ideal weight he will hydrate himself adequately. He will in turn piss the excess naturally.

I have always been weary of upsetting that balance and him pissing himself to a lesser state of hydration.

EWO