Use with caution many over do the Bi Carb resulting in other
problems ..

Never POST load expecting miracles with Bi Carb
I think it's illegal to say you use it on a Greyhound before a race

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In other states I would seek clarity because the national rules prohibit use of buffering agents which Sodium BiCarb (aka baking soda) may be captured by.

Without a published threshold can't say if other states ever enforce it. Hard to see how since BiCarb is used in baking, pastries and even some dog biscuits.

There's far better things out there than this for dogs. But it does have some place in managing a dog with acidosis before you can get it on a drip. There's some merit in baking soda managing a post race unforeseen thing happening in order to manage the acid/alkali base in the dog.

Pre-race? Meh.. some swear by it and all I'll say is try it for yourself and use if you believe it aids the dog in running.

If however you want to try an experiment on yourself - dissolve 1 or two teaspoons of bicarb in water and drink it. If your stomach starts cramping about 2 hours later.. well, that's why it isn't something I'd give my dogs pre-race.

BiCarb is an alkaline substance so it can manage acidity. But remember also sodium is not an essential electrolyte to dogs (they don't sweat unlike horses and humans). Potassium is important in dogs. But again - only play the electrolyte game if you know what you're trying to solve.

In the case of cramping - unless dog is unfit or ill - I would start with magnesium to see if that helped. Well I would start with that assuming dog is adequately hydrated anyway.

Name the product Jack? Stop being a p$ssy... Stamazene, Betacel. Name this evil product. If it is on the label state the product. Other than that, yes I agree sodium citrate is not suited to dogs, period and ever. But remember, Ron Ball sweared by Stamazene as an electrolyte. Published articles easily found about that on web archive.

Not worried about lawsuits, no shame in naming what products contain what. If anyone wants to use products containing sodium citrate in their dogs, happy to to see you in my race.

Sodium Citrate is just an ingredient, so why Jack are you always refusing to name products? Is there bad blood between you and this supplier? I just don't get it, really I don't.

Yeah don't use horse electrolytes on dogs. They sweat - they can use sodium citrate and I get it. That's all I get about these constant postings about mythological evil conspiracy products designed to wreck every racing dog. Just state the product or leave it as any product containing sodium citrate probably not ideal for canines. And even then, reading here has as much validity as wikipedia. Just do your research from there and give your dogs what you think they require based on their research.

This animosity of alleged sodium citrate bugger upper of dogs needs to be named or just leave it as avoid products containing sodium citrate. Unnamed products and whatever else is just hearsay.

Sodium citrate bad for dogs - on that we agree.

please name the product so we can all stop losing sleep about this matter. ;)

Yeah it was Betacel. At least based on an archive search. If you can say it once, why not now?

Either rate don't care much. It's about the ingredient which was the purpose of my posting. There's plenty of horse products out there being spruiked to dog trainers. As you eluded to sodium will compete against magnesium/potassium in particular for bio availability or uptake. Calcium to a much lesser extent. And dogs don't need sodium that's why AAFCO set 1% threshold on salt for dog kibbles.

At the end of the day - why can you NOT name the product? I mean based on that assumption - anyone posting a poor product review on Amazon, eBay, (insert favourite e-commerce platform here) would be dealing with law suits. So long as the claims are not libellous you are fine.

As for any other matters of rebranding - well it's rife. Lasers get rebranded, tar like foods get rebranded, electrolytes get rebranded. Rebranding and reselling a product under another name adds zero value. Unfortunately I see the mark up on these goods but the notion of a value added reseller versus a reseller is quite lacking.

Just an observation in general of course.