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Bad race day kennel dogs
Vanessa Brenton Australia (Verified User) Posts 97 Dogs 5 / Races 3 31 Aug 2012 06:06
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Have a maniac dog ...plays up something terrible in the kennel..I give him electrolites and a Rapid K about 6 hours before he races...he runs his race in the kennel...any suggestions or tricks to keep this dog hydrated through a 3 hour sit in the race kennel before he races....btw he pee's in his race kennel whether he is in race 1 or 10. Cheers
Kyleigh Fahey Australia (Verified User) Posts 1058 Dogs 11 / Races 3 31 Aug 2012 06:12
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Rescue remedy few drops over the tongue before kenneling works a treat on most dogs
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 31 Aug 2012 06:54
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Good as Gold helps some dogs, too. What electrolytes are you using, Vanessa ?
Vanessa Brenton Australia (Verified User) Posts 97 Dogs 5 / Races 3 31 Aug 2012 06:57
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Recharge Carole
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 31 Aug 2012 07:01
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Vanessa, try changing to another electrolyte like Vytrate,Lectade, Salka Lite, Aminolite/Aminoforte, as Recharge will make them piddle more than usual. That won't be helping with his hydration.
Vanessa Brenton Australia (Verified User) Posts 97 Dogs 5 / Races 3 31 Aug 2012 09:55
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Ok..thanks Carole I'll give one of them ago.
Andrew O'connor Australia (Verified User) Posts 180 Dogs 5 / Races 0 06 Sep 2012 07:48
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also try BEHAVE ,most horsey shops have it
Lance Day Australia (Verified User) Posts 864 Dogs 16 / Races 1 06 Sep 2012 11:54
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I have no time for dogs with a bad temprement. Very hard to cure. They leave theor race in the kennels.
Peter Cohen Australia (Verified User) Posts 5343 Dogs 6 / Races 0 07 Sep 2012 05:43
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Lance Day wrote:
I have no time for dogs with a bad temprement. Very hard to cure. They leave theor race in the kennels.
Its not the answer that she is looking for but i have to agree Lance its a up hill battle when dogs play up that bad
Have a maniac dog ...plays up something terrible in the kennel..I give him electrolites and a Rapid K about 6 hours before he races...he runs his race in the kennel...any suggestions or tricks to keep this dog hydrated through a 3 hour sit in the race kennel before he races....btw he pee's in his race kennel whether he is in race 1 or 10. Cheers
Hi Vanessa. I too have a bitch that plays up hopelessly in the kennel block on race day. Lasts to about race 4 or 5, then goes hyper biting and chewing everything in sight. Nothing I have tried so far has worked, except getting her drawn in a race very early on the card. On the advice of leading vets John Yule and Peter Yore, I'm going to try a homeopathic injection "TONICO". Apparently it has been shown to be successful with 80% of dogs on race day. It comes in 1ml vials and is given IM prior to kennelling. Contact Peter at Belmont Vet Clinic or John at Calga or racetrack. As a homeopathic solution it will not swab(their words). Maybe some other contributors have uased this product and could comment?
Cheryle Davenport Australia (Verified User) Posts 46 Dogs 7 / Races 1 09 Feb 2021 02:54
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Hi vanessa, Did tonics work for you Thx cheryle
Larry Valenti Australia (Verified User) Posts 2142 Dogs 3 / Races 0 09 Feb 2021 07:26
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Vanessa Brenton wrote:
Have a maniac dog ...plays up something terrible in the kennel..I give him electrolites and a Rapid K about 6 hours before he races...he runs his race in the kennel...any suggestions or tricks to keep this dog hydrated through a 3 hour sit in the race kennel before he races....btw he pee's in his race kennel whether he is in race 1 or 10. Cheers
Hi vanessa I'd get him used to having a gallop on race day to burn off some nervous energy. Also the yappers used to work really well with an American muzzle on as well . Not sure if this is still allowed, I haven't raced and dogs for about 6 or 7 years . I also used to use a mixture called green for go . It had bi carb in it . Probably can't use that any more either. That's the way I got around it and I was extremely successful at it . Cheers
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 09 Feb 2021 07:31
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People, Vanessa's posts are over 8 years old. I don't know whether she even comes on the forum any more.
Malcolm Smart Australia (Verified User) Posts 12802 Dogs 19 / Races 34 14 Feb 2021 05:39
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LMAO, hello, hello, heeeeeeeelllllllllooooooo, no one's home...:-)
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 14 Feb 2021 09:46
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Good one, Malcolm. !!
Jason Caley Australia (Verified User) Posts 385 Dogs 6 / Races 0 15 Feb 2021 03:18
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Carole Brown wrote:
People, Vanessa's posts are over 8 years old. I don't know whether she even comes on the forum any more.
Amen Carole - and it is not like this topic has been done to death a thousand times over in other and subsequent message threads. It never ceases to amaze me how old threads get resurrected from time to time but I do think that stems from this old bulletin board software and its pretty old school search engine function for topics.
So I don't blame the responders at all, it's caught me out twice over past twelve months. To look for when the post was made look under poster's name and check the year. This is how these things keep cropping up like noxious weeds.
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