Hey Noel are ya there mate. Haven't eard from ya in a while.

Hey mate, do you ave racing goats at you joint and if ya do, how much training do ya give em?

coops

Goodonya Coops. Ronnie Bowen, legendary greyhound vet, once located near the Crossroads which I am sure you will know well, reckoned that the Ultrasonics only tickled. Ronnie was a "needle them" man. However, the Irwins for example, certainly made or at least recommended making plenty of use of the ultrasonic. However, that is now ancient history and the ultrasonic has been well used for many decades and I am sure you will also put it to good use. Re Jimmy, yes I think you are right, I am a bit worried about him. I haven't phoned Greg Jose the trainer of Mantra Lad as yet and I am wondering whether there is still time for me to pull-out of this deal. By the way has Sinka the Drinka's injury prompted the purchase of the ultrasonic. How is he going and what is the latest prognosis.

Like the Thyme, I have to admit to a couple of weeks ago or whatever, seeing the other side of the story of including Regal Thyme in the "final 3", that is, after initially thinking "how the hell is he in and Mantra is out". Nevertheless, although I can relate to what you are saying about the Topgun situation, the facts as they presently stand, are that Regal Thyme ran 2nd in the Topgun even thought it could change in the near future. I still feel that Mantra is terribly unlucky not to have been there with a Group One National Distance Championship, the Victorian Final of the National Distance Championship, a Shootout victory in an elite field of 4 and not insignificantly, equalling the 725 track record at The Meadows. I have no personal connection with Mantra, I just like him as a dog. I do have a personal connection with one of the other nominees but that greyhound, although a wonderful racer, was balloted out early on.

Yeah mate, I got for to fix his injuries.
I took him for a blood count on tuesday and got the results back this morning. Blood count was good, but he has a very bad thyroid problem. He's got hypothyroidism, mild normocytic normochromic aneama and hyperchlesterolemia, whatever that all means. He's on medication for all that and with a few sore spots thats gotta be fixed,and if he's not pregnant should be ready to hit the tracks in about 6 weeks.

coops

Yeh Coops, I have to admit to also thinking "whatever all of that means" but I did Google "hypothyroidism". Whilst looking at the human symptoms I was initially wondering whether Sinka had any of those symptoms and was hoping that resolving the problem might help him find a length or two. However, my thinking soon changed to "hold on some of this sounds like me": dry course scaling skin, tendancy to feel depressed, muscle weakness, slow speech and thinking, dull facial expression, reduced libido, droopy eyelids, etc. However, tendancy for constipation definitely does not apply to me, we all need to be good at something.

Coops, as a matter of interest only, I suppose he is on some sort of hormone treatment for the hypothyroidism and if so did the vet say anything about how long it might stay in the system and therefore show up in a swab. I suppose it is not impossible that to treat such a condition properly he might have to stay on the medication. As I said, I am just interested.

Yutha, the vet put him on OROXINE 200mg one tablet in the morning and one in the evening and he will be on them for the rest of his days. As far as swabing is concernd is quite safe to use and has no illegal substances.
The reason I took him for the blood count is because of skin being scaley, his coat dullness and clumps of hair falling out, his on going muscle soreness and he was not empting out properly IE: constipation. He also lost his happy excitable nature. So something was wrong and I had to find out what it was. I just hope I can fix him.

coops

I am going to read to my wife the description you have phrased in your most recent Post, with a view to seeing if she thinks you are referring to me, that is, apart from the obvious exception. These posts have got a long way from Mantra Lad but do you know what Coops, I think I have in the last week or so missed the opportunity to get my hands on something that might turn out to be worthy of racing against Mantra Lad. We will see but there is no way I could take him (the 'misses' of course being the problem). Such an opportunity will not come up again.

Mate you've got to put your foot down. if you want something bad enough, go and get it, life will be a heaps better in the long run. Trust me mate, it works. When you've been married for 45 years like me, who care what the missus thinks or does. Me boss, she jane. Got to go mate she just walked in the door.

Now getting back to Mantra Lad. I am looking for 2 dogs like him, then I'm set for life.

coops

Yes, Coops, any way I look at it there is only one person to blame and that is me.