Recovery

[CYJ]

Ditto EWO. Why, when ever I would mention the use of the PreDef 2X aqueous liquid medication. Was wise to do only a one event dog show. With a losing your forfeit clause for not being on time for the weigh in. Once a dog comes on point,this will only last for a short while. Every hour that passes the dog starts going stale.

Certain medications like the various steroids and the above mentioned medications like lasix. Will speed that process up. So at a point where it helps, over a certain time it starts to work against the dog's over all conditioning.

At multi dog shows, unless having the privilege to be first. All the dogs that followed,even if properly conditioned would come up to wet or to dry or not cleaned out properly. So some performed well while others did not. Sometimes to a point that the better dog lost to the lesser dog. Leaving thoughts of what just happened on many of these dog men's minds. Hear remarks like my dog has done better off the chain. Even to the point of feeling like their dog had been rubbed. When highly unlikely it had been.

My deceased friend Sonny Shropshire had worked a dog for Tar Heel Matt. Ozzie Stevens had come down and all of us got to personally spend some time with him. Sonny had used some of the Ozzie steroid keep on this dog. When I arrived at Sonny's place checked the dog over. Dog looked alright and I asked Sonny if he was going first. Said no was maybe third on the line up. I said well i hope your dog does not peak to early if other dog pulls go to long.

As Murphy's law would have it. We were in the motel room everything was quite and dog was in it's large shipping crate. We were all quietly talking,Sonny's mind on his coming up dog pull. All of a sudden that dog went bonkers and started rolling that crate across the floor. One of the darnedest things I had ever saw. Thought a Tasmanian devil had crawled up in that box. LOL

Sonny finally calmed the dog down and took it for a walk. When he returned the dog was not acting as sharp and alive as earlier when put up and took to the dog show site. Luck was with Sonny and his dog did win that night.

Was supposed to have been a private multi show. We abided with the rules of a limited number of persons per side. The guy that owned the building, was charging a gate fee, decided to invite half the town. Building was packed out with who knows who. Was glad to leave that place after Sonny won. Did not hang around for the rest of those dog pulls.

In closing only those who are big risk takers would participate or be around any multi dog shows today. Even back in the late 70's a FBI agent was attending most of the multi dog shows and even selling hand made dog harness etc. Cheers