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Tom Meulman Australia (Verified User) Posts 281 Dogs 0 / Races 0 05 Jun 2008 03:19
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Just to add to the above post.
It has been mentioned that greyhounds that race on an empty stomach will have more bile because of this.
It has been my experience that dogs race far better with a little bit of food in their system, because yes nervous excitement will increase the release of gastric acids, and this will no doubt make some feel sick enough because of an empty stomach, to actually bring up the contents of their stomach either before or after the run.
This in most instances will have a yellow/brown bile like appearance.
A good reason to ensure that a racedog gets a good substantial breakfast, or at least a small quantity of food about four to five hours before racing.
Tom
Patrick Donnelly Ireland (Verified User) Posts 657 Dogs 26 / Races 3 14 Jun 2008 08:21
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VIC how about Trainers are only[ RATED as good as the dogs in their kennels] How about all the dogs out there with trainers that cant reach qualifing times to even race,and there is a lot of them. The owner is very seldom told the dog has no foot, its usually hes got a inguary Its hard for some owners to understand the dog has no foot[speed], espicialy when hes out of the best money can buy.and you have paid for rearing and training not to mention the couple of grand you spent to bye him [truth a bitch]sometimes
Its very easy done give the dog a lump of butter let him swallow it then get some salt wet it and make it into a ball shove it down his gob dog will vomite in 1 to 2 minutes.
Gary Vass
Posts 9 Dogs 0 / Races 0 15 Jun 2008 17:46
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Mix equal amounts of white vinigar,honey and salt and give 5ml to the dog this works
David Hobby Australia (Verified User) Posts 3 Dogs 1 / Races 0 24 Jan 2017 06:44
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How about trying a product called BILEX from Douglas Lab.
Malcolm Smart Australia (Verified User) Posts 12802 Dogs 19 / Races 34 24 Jan 2017 09:07
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malcolm mccabe wrote:
JUST LET THE DOG ,Bile himself NATURALLY,eating grass
FFS, see above..!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Malcolm Smart Australia (Verified User) Posts 12802 Dogs 19 / Races 34 24 Jan 2017 09:11
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David Hobby wrote:
How about trying a product called BILEX from Douglas Lab.
How about not trying it, no need for it..!!
Kevin Lindsay United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 1420 Dogs 10 / Races 7 24 Jan 2017 10:18
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Carole Brown wrote:
Hi Shane, Totally agree with you. The saying goes that biling makes 3 things happen. It makes the dog sick, makes the trainer happy and makes no difference. Ble is produced every time a meal is eaten, and it is a much better idea to look carefully at the dog's diet to try to find why he may be producing too much bile, such as too much fat in the meals.
Totally agree. I worked for a trainer in the early 70's and a piece of washing soda was given routinely to the dogs. In my opinion it didn't make a scrap of difference to the dogs performance. Grass is what the dogs use and only when they feel they need it. Having said that I do keep a bit of washing soda that I would use in an emergency if I needed to make a dog sick before getting it to a vet.
Andrew Plasier Australia (Verified User) Posts 1279 Dogs 0 / Races 16 27 Jan 2017 08:25
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Malcolm Smart wrote:
malcolm mccabe wrote:
JUST LET THE DOG ,Bile himself NATURALLY,eating grass
FFS, see above..!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree no need to make them sick,they will do it themselves we need be,give them access to some nice long grass..
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