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Try giving her ginger snap cookies. If they don't work you can always eat them. Ginger naturally settles a person's or in this case a dog's stomach. If it is mild it will probably work. A couple of cookies a half hour before the car ride. If you Have a Trader Joe's in you area I would get the cookies there because they have pieces of ginger in them. If not get a box at the local supermarket.

CTW Deacon ran 92 all but two of them at B'ham. He didn't have a great break, but it could be decent and when it was decent he could make the turn in the top three. Once he did that he could contend for a win. When he broke poorly and didn't rush the turn he was usually done as he wasn't coming from 7th to contend. He ran most of his career in A and B and I would say he was at the right track for his ability. There was one time he dropped to D and I was think Father Time is catching up with him, but all of a sudden he won 3 out of 5 races and was back in A.

Your not the first person and some call me worse. LOL

AMF Won't Forget ran 39 races all at Sanford Orlando. She never won a race. LOL She ran 35 maiden races and once you are two years old you can't run in maiden races anymore so the dog runs D races and is designated on the program as an overage maiden. Since she was never on top in any of those races I can't say for sure that she needed the front to win because I don't know if she would have been caught. So she had no early speed nor any late speed so she is in the right place and that is on your couch. The way the story goes and I have never seen a different story about the AMF so as far as I know it stands for Adios Mother Fu. With the owner of the AMF dogs being Tom Ferris I used to think the F could have been for Ferris, but like I said I have seen a number of stories about the AMF and the stories are always the same.

Nitro Leon shows 77 races all at Plainfield, but I am confident he ran over 80 races because back when he ran all races were entered by hand and I can see small gaps in his lines. Ace ran the same as Polly ran, early speed, had to have the front to win. Ace did get to the top more often than Polly and had more wins and quite a few 3rd and 4ths. While there are no replays of Ace's races there are of Polly's. If you go here http://www.trackinfo.com/dog-search.jsp?keyword=Pom+Pom+Galli&x=3&y=5&by=dogname you will see there are 6 pages of lines and on the right of each race there is a replay. What you need to know is in the bold numbers. The first bold number is the box she was in. As you read across the next 3 bold numbers are here position at different points in the race and not important to you. The last numbers are where she finished, how many lengths behind the winner she was and her time of the race. So on the top race she was in the 2 box, finished 6th 11 lengths behind the winner.

Your welcome. I know to a lot of people what they see is nothing more than a bunch of numbers that don't mean anything to them. To anyone that knows what the numbers mean they read to us the same way sheet music reads to a musician. I'll see what I can find on Nitro Leon. Dick

Pom Pom Galli ran 81 races all at Tri-State one of our better tracks. She could only win from the front, but didn't have great early speed which is why she only had 4 wins. She didn't have the ability to close so where she was at the turn was basically where she finished. If anything she might lose a position. She only had one small break in her lines of one month. Whether that was for a little rest or a minor injury I don't know, but she was always ready to go. She probably would have done better at a less competitive track, but I can't remember if the owner also had a kennel at TS when she ran.

Not bad pictures for a cloudy day. Good you got there one last time.

Rams Kid Dundee ran 96 races all at Tucson. He was a dog that needed to be 1st or 2nd to the turn to have a chance to win. Even when he was in the top two he had trouble winning, but he was 2nd, 3rd and 4 a lot. He had only 6 wins, but was 2nd 20 times, 3rd 12 times and 4th 13 times. So he would be in one grade a long time because he wouldn't win to move up a grade, but wouldn't run bad 3 races in a row to drop down a grade. While he didn't have great early speed he was decent breaking and rushing the turn so he tended to stay about the position he was in at the turn. He might go up or down one spot. He was a nice consistent runner. Dick

Dangerous Bullet ran his last 19 races at DL, the rest were at PB PB is a speed track and is only 545 yards long instead of the usual 550. The turns are sharper than any other track and you need to get to the turn in the top three to have a chance to win. Dangerous Bullet didn't have great box speed or rush to the turn speed, occasionally he would break well and be on top at the turn. Since he could close it was hard to catch him once he made the top and usually won these races. He got to grade A at PB and ran in the puppy stakes and won an elimination round. He was moved to DL and this track is the opposite of PB. The track surface is deeper, turns more sweeping and it takes more stamina to run DL. His first D race he got to the turn on top and was still on top by 3 lengths turning for home, but the track surface got to him and he was caught, which never happened at PB. However, he did get stronger as he ran more races and now once he made the top he would win. They tried him in the longer 660 yard races, but he had trouble with the extra 110 yards. If you want to see him run this is his Trackinfo page. http://www.trackinfo.com/dog-search.jsp?keyword=Dangerous+Bullet&x=10&y=3&by=dognam What you need to know is in the bold numbers. The first bold number is the box he is in. The other numbers reading across are where he is at different points of the race. The last number is his time of the race, but it's the numbers just before that that you want to know. Those are where he finished in the race and how many lengths he was behind the winner. If he won the race it would be how many lengths he was ahead of the 2nd place dog. So the top race on page 1 he was in the 1 box. the 5 12 before the time means he ran 5th and was 12 lengths behind the winner. Dick

Not sure where you see Daytona for her as all I see is 28 races all at Palm Beach. She had a ton of early speed, but had trouble keeping the lead in the stretch and was usually passed. This is one of her wins. She is in the 1 hole. http://www.trackinfo.com/video-box.jsp?raceid=gPB%2420160820E15

Try contacting them at http://www.ohmygreyhounds.com/contact-us.html Melody Cleveland runs the adoption group on site.

It doesn't matter the breed there are no dogs that can run 5 miles the first time. All breeds have to build up to distance. A persons' running pace is not really a run to most breed of dog. So,if your dog enjoys it I say go for it and like others have said weather and hot pavement needs to be taken into account. Even a nice 70 degree sunny day will get the pavement hot.

This is what happens after a race. https://www.facebook.com/KeepWVgreyhounds/videos/1771527693137276/

Zeus Rising ran 52 races all at Tri-State, one of our better tracks. He was a dog that basically ran how he broke. If he broke well and made the turn 3rd or 4th he would finish in the top 4 and when he broke poorly he ran at the back of the pack. His problem was he broke poorly more often than he broke well thus his 52 starts with only 19 times in the money. The thing was when he broke and made the turn 1st or 2nd he usually won which is why he has 8 wins out of his 19 times in the money. He won grade A races and ran in AA during his career. If you want I can add your name to his G-D page as the adopted owner and I can add his pet name. If you have pictures you want added I can upload up to 3 pictures. If you want me to do any of this post that info and pictures here. Dick

Very nice. It took a while, but it happened and congratulations.

Months? It is time to take the toe off. It is non-weight bearing and will have no effect on your dog. Racers are back running in less than two months.

I posted this the other day and I have no idea if it has been tried on dogs or if Dr. Couto or your vet has an opinion on it. https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/new-cancer-drug-effective-tumors-fda-approved-immediately-164122959.html

I usually stay out of these threads because the OP always gets great answers to their questions and this thread is no different. However, I need to comment on this: but she explained that due to Greys' propensity for being rigid and needing a routine, this would be too upsetting to a greyhound and should not be considered ok as an ongoing thing (as opposed to a 1-2 vacations/year type thing). As others have said get away from this group. This group has no idea what a rigid schedule is. What your pup has at the track is rigid. 24/7/365 trainer or helper gets to the kennel between 5:30 and 6am and the same routine is followed. There are slight variances depending on whether the dog ran the night before or is running today, but for the most part everything is the same. So if this group thinks it would be upsetting to break a rigid schedule then how does the dog adapt to people working 5 days a week and then all of a sudden this person is home for two days and they go for long walks or runs or to the beach? This isn't a rigid schedule nor does it have to be. The most important thing is getting up and letting the dog out to do his/her business and last time out at roughly the same time. Dogs are very adaptable. You seem to have a plan for when you go away and many times a dog enjoys its vacation while you are away either on business or vacation. I would say before you actually adopt a particular dog that the dog needs to come to your building and you. He/she will probably go right into the elevator since it doesn't appear scary, but once the doors start to close and then the "room" starts to move you need to see how the dog reacts. If it seems like the dog is going to react badly I would talk to the dog and try and make riding the elevator fun. If there is no reaction and the dog is fine with the elevator I would just let the dog be, especially in the beginning. My 2 cents. Dick

When I saw bone cancer was one of the cancers this drug worked on in humans it made me think about it working in dogs. One thing that caught my eye was this: The patients all carried genetic mutations that kept their cells from fixing damaged DNA. So I assume that not all humans carry those genetic mutations and I have no idea whether some dogs do and others don't or if none do or all do. https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/new-cancer-drug-effective-tumors-fda-approved-immediately-164122959.html I hope it works in both people and animals.

Volando Dewey ran 97 races between Southland, Mardi Gras and Tri-State, all very good tracks. Most of his races at SL and MG were sprints, 583 yds at SL and 550 yds at MG, and routes, 677 yds, at TS. Once in a while he would break on top and go box to wire, but he was really a dog that didn't have a lot of early speed. He usually broke near the back of the pack and didn't have a great rush to the turn. he would work his way up to 5th or 4th or maybe 3rd in his sprint races. He seemed to like TS and the extra distance and he had more success there getting a number of 2nds and wins. Of his 97 races he had 9 wins, 14 seconds, 17 thirds and 17 fourths for a total of 57 times in the money which is a nice percentage. Dick

Thanks for the info. I just know there had to be more to it than just KMM.

I'm not saying you are wrong about KMM, but I don't see how you came up with that conclusion since both Oakley and polar bear have the same dam and i am not saying it is her either. KMM has almost 4000 offspring and he is the damsire to almost another 1100 pups. Are there a lot more cases of KMM pups that are going blind? I don't know the answer, but I hate to see a dog get labeled for something without more proof and maybe that proof is out there. Dick

As you will see this is from 2007 so how much still applies I don't know. https://web.archive.org/web/20070810195500/http://www.api4animals.org/facts.php?p=359&more=1 One interesting thing is way down the bottom. Meat is the first ingredient claim. A claim that a named meat (chicken, lamb, etc.) is the #1 ingredient is generally seen for dry food. Ingredients are listed on the label by weight, and raw chicken weighs a lot, since contains a lot of water. If you look further down the list, youre likely to see ingredients such as chicken or poultry by-product meal, meat-and-bone meal, corn gluten meal, soybean meal, or other high-protein meal. Meals have had the fat and water removed, and basically consist of a dry, lightweight protein powder. It doesnt take much raw chicken to weigh more than a great big pile of this powder, so in reality the food is based on the protein meal, with very little chicken to be found. This has become a very popular marketing gimmick, even in premium and health food type brands. Since just about everybody is now using it, any meaning it may have had is so watered-down that you may just as well ignore it.

Here is a story about a racing kennel having acupuncture done to some of their dogs that you might find interesting. https://www.facebook.com/darcy.kennels/videos/383209688445687/