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posted by admin on Nov 10

Barking excessively is one of the biggest complaints pet owners hear. Constant barking is a nuisance to owners as well as their neighbors. Sometimes a simple change solves the problem, for example, bringing your dog inside at night. More often, excess barking is your dog’s response to being confused emotionally or otherwise.

CAUSES OF EXCESSIVE BARKING

Barking is a normal behavior for dogs. Some dogs bark to defend their territory, as a greeting, an invitation to play, or because they’re happy. Other dogs bark as a threat, because they’re lonely, do not have enough exercise, or are frightened by thunder or fireworks.

Certain breeds are more vocal than others. For example, beagles bark a lot while greyhounds hardly ever make a sound.

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO CURB EXCESSIVE BARKING

The first step in dealing with your dog’s barking is to gain an understanding of what stimulates his excessive barking behavior. Keep a note of when and where the problem seems most persistent.

Since barking is a normal behavior, trying to reduce rather than eliminate it is most realistic. For example, try teaching your dog to bark on command, and then teach him to be quiet on command, and release excess energy with exercise.

Several anti-bark collars are being marketed as a quick fix for barking. These collars produce an adverse stimulus in the form of an electric shock of variable intensity, an ultrasonic or audible noise, or a spray of citronella oil that is released under the dog’s chin. Shock collars almost always stop the barking but dogs may become fearful and/or aggressive as a result. Ultrasonic collars work for some dogs; others get used to the noise then resume barking. Citronella collars are as effective as shock collars for most dogs but are more acceptable to most owners and to me. Always check with your veterinarian before using any product or device on your pet.

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posted by admin on Nov 9

Before you adopt a new dog into your family, take some time to research the pros and cons of the different breeds to ensure you find a dog that will be the right match for you and your family. We have outlined some of the qualities and problems associated with some common dog breeds to help you find the perfect pet.

German Pinscher

The German Pinscher, also referred to as the Standard Pinscher, is a German breed that has been around since 1879. This breed nearly went extinct before World War II. Fortunately a man named Herr Werner Jung brought the breed back. Today all German Pinschers descend from one “founding mother.”

This is a smaller dog that only stands between 17 and 20 pounds and weighs between 23 and 35 pounds. They have a short, glossy and smooth coat that comes in solid colors that range between fawn and stag red. This dog is a good natured dog that is equally as suitable as a family dog or a watch dog.

Irish Setter

The Irish Setter, also referred to as the Red Setter, is an Irish breed. This breed was created by the crossing of setters, spaniels, and pointers that naturally had red and white coats. The characteristic chestnut red coat that we now associated with the breed didn’t appear until the 19th century. Today this breed is a favorite at dog shows, in the field, and in homes.

The Irish Setter stands between 25 and 27 inches tall and weighs between 60 and 70 pounds. They have a combination coat that is short and close on their heads and on their front legs, and long feathery hair on the rest of their body. The only color that is accepted for this breed today is the rich chestnut red color. However, you can occasionally Irish Setters with traces of black and white in their coat as well.

Italian Greyhound

The Italian Greyhound, also called the Piccolo Levrieve Italiani, is a toy breed that originated in Italy. It is a sight hound that was bred to be a companion. Today this little dog is exclusively used as a pet.

The Italian Greyhound is a small dog that only stands between 13 and 15 inches and it weighs around 8 pounds. It has a short close coat that is glossy. It can typically be found in shades of blue, fawn, white, black, cream and white. This breed is better suited for homes with older kids. They also get along with other dogs. Some Italian Greyhounds get along with cats, while others don’t. You will want to take this into consideration if you are shopping for a new pet and have an Italian Greyhound, or if you have a cat and are considering getting an Italian Greyhound.

Bouvier des Flandres

The Bouvier des Flandres, also referred to as the Belgian Cattle Dog, is a Belgium cattle driving dog. It looks a lot like a giant Scottish Terrier. It stands between 23 and 27 inches tall and weighs between 59.5 and 88 pounds. It has a thick coarse outercoat and a soft undercoat. It traditionally comes in black, brindle, and fawn coat colors.

To care for this breed you will want to brush its coat every week. This is a must with this breed as their long coat mats easily. You will also need to brush their teeth, clean their ears, and trim their nails on a regular basis. This breed needs a lot of exercise, however, low impact exercise is preferable as their heavy build is not designed to handle extended running or jogging. Some of the health problems that you should keep an eye open for include hip problems, joint problems, bloat, and eye conditions.

Skye Terrier

The Skye Terrier is a Scottish terrier that has been a favorite of British royalty. They are a small breed that only stands between 9 and 10 inches tall and they weigh between 19 and 23 pounds. They have a long, flat outercoat that comes in shades of black, gray, cream, and fawn with black points on their ears and on their muzzles. This dog is active and loyal. They are not the best breed to have when you have young children as they can be a bit snappy when teased. They also prefer to be the only pet in a household.

Labrador Retriever

The Labrador Retriever is a Canadian breed that is though to have been developed by fishermen in Greenland. The Labrador Retriever is now classified as a sporting dog in the gundog class. This dog makes a great family pet, a great guide dog for the blind, a great drug search dog, and a great sporting dog.

The Labrador Retriever comes in three color variations, chocolate, black, and yellow. The current trend is for the Chocolate Lab, however, the Black and Yellow Labs are also popular. The males of this breed are slightly larger than the females. They stand between 22.5 and 24.5 inches tall and weigh between 60 and 75 pounds, and the females stand between 21.5 and 23.5 inches tall and weigh between 55 and 70 pounds.

Poodle

The Poodle, also called the Barbone and Caniche, is a French breed that belongs to the non-sporting group. The standard Poodle is a tall dog that stands between 22 and 27 inches tall and weighs between 45 and 70 pounds. Their coat is short to medium and very curly or frizzy. They come in a variety of solid colors including black, white, silver and chocolate. This breed has a couple of health concerns that you should be aware of including stifle problems and hip dysplasia.

Toy Fox Terrier

The Toy Fox Terrier, also called the American Toy Terrier and the AmerToy, is an English breed. They are a tiny little dog that stands about 10 inches tall and that weighs between 3.5 and 7 pounds. They have a short shiny coat that is predominantly white with black and/or tan markings. They are a scrappy little dog that is not afraid of anything. If you have very small kids you should wait until they are older to add this little dog to your family as they can’t withstand rough handling.

Clumber Spaniel

The Clumber Spaniel, also referred to as the Gentleman’s Gun Dog, is a British hunting breed. Their heritage either descends from Alpine Spaniel bloodlines or from Basset Hound bloodlines. No one is quite sure.

The Clumber Spaniel is a sweet dog that makes a great family dog, however, they also make responsive and obedient field sporting dogs as well. This breed is a medium sized dog that stands between 19 and 20 inches tall and weighs between 65 and 80 pounds. They have a thick coat that is silky and flat. This base coat is accented with feathering on their tail, around their eyes, on their stomachs, and on their legs. They come in a variety of colors, however, the preferred coat color combination is white with lemon. Orange and freckling on the muzzle are also common.

Before you adopt a new dog into your family, take some time to research the pros and cons of the different breeds to ensure you find a dog that will be the right match for you and your family. We have outlined some of the qualities and problems associated with some common dog breeds to help you find the perfect pet.

posted by admin on Nov 8

We often hear about dogs being in form or out of form, but what does this really mean? A simple explanation for form is “running well” but there’s more to it than that. I think most handicappers would agree that the definition of form has to include an element of time to mean anything. Dogs come into form and go out of form as they run and it’s the smart bettor who takes this into account when handicapping.

How do we know that a dog is in form? Look at its recent races. If the dog is running up to its potential, consistently in the money in the grade it should be in, then it’s in form. And how do you know which grade the dog should be in? Well, I look at an online database which has all the records on every dog running at tracks in the US. This tells me how the dog ran from its first M race to the most recent races it’s run.

I know that dogs usually take a few races to get sorted out in M, although some of the better ones only take a race or two. Then they win, move up to J, D or C depending on the track, and keep moving up until they get to the highest grade that they can stay in. For some dogs, that’s C. For others, it’s the top grade at the track and the only reason they’re not in a higher grade is because there isn’t one.

Most dogs spend their careers somewhere in between those two extremes, moving up and down as they come into and go out of form. And when they do start to lose form, their owners and trainers know that it’s time to give them a break, so they get a layoff.

Depending on the kennel, they either spend time at a farm or somewhere else away from the track, although I’ve known trainers and owners who take their favorite dogs into their own homes where they get to lie on the couch and get petted by the kids for two months. I even knew one guy who took his favorite dog with him in his truck when he went on donut runs and gave the dog her own donut to eat on the ride home. Talk about a happy dog!

But however they spend their time, greyhounds usually return from a layoff with a fresh attitude and a renewed desire for racing. It might take them a few races to get back to the pace, but when they do, they give it their best effort and begin to run true to their form for quite a while before they get stale again and need another layoff. (And maybe a donut or two.)

Form applies to handicappers too. Are you getting stale? Have you lost your energy and enthusiasm for handicapping? Is it getting to be more of a habit or something you have to do, rather than something you want to do? Well, maybe you’re not in form anymore. Maybe you need a layoff, time doing something else, maybe another hobby or some fishing or just vegging out on the couch watching movies with the kids or your spouse.

Maybe you’d benefit from getting outside more, now that the nicer weather has arrived in most of the country. Take a walk. Go for a ride in the country. Have a sandwich – or a donut – and a cup of coffee down at the shore and watch the waves and the seabirds for a couple of hours. Do something, anything, that is completely different from what you usually do.

Then, when you’re refreshed and interested in handicapping again, come back from your layoff and play some races on paper before you get back into the pace of real handicapping. Before too long, you’ll be back at the old stand, marking your program, arguing with your friends about whether the 4 dog is a phony and really enjoying the races because you’re back in mid-season form.

If you’re not winning at the track, you need to visit Greyhound Handicapping With Eb where you can find free tips, helpful articles and information. From Florida to New Hampshire and all the tracks in between, Eb knows greyhounds. Find out what you need to know to win at Eb’s.

posted by admin on Nov 7

Let’s say you go to the track a couple or a few times a week. You usually meet some friends there and you all have a good time, drinking coffee, sitting together, going over your programs and talking about the dogs. It’s a pleasant way to while away an afternoon or evening, but it’s not the best way to handicap greyhounds. Here’s one reason why.

Usually, the conversation goes something like this:

Jimmy: So what do you think of the four dog in the first race?

Al: He’s a fighter. He gets to the front and as soon as another dog gets near him, he turns his head and fights. I wouldn’t bet him if he was the only dog in the race.

Bruce: I don’t see any lines here where he fights. Where do you see that?

Al: I’ve seen him do it a million times. The chart writer just doesn’t write it up that way. Trust me, I know my dogs and this dog is a fighter.

So even if they have doubts about how well Al knows his dogs, everyone in that group now has some doubts of their own about the four dog. No matter which track you go to, there are always people who claim that they “know the dogs” better than the chart writers or the other bettors.

Some of these people don’t even use their programs to handicap. A few of them don’t even BUY a program. They just look at other people’s programs for the dogs’ names and then tell you how they ran in the past. They’ll tell you that they “follow the dogs” and “keep track in their heads”. They probably even believe that they do, but they don’t.

Dogs go in and out of form. Even the best dogs change over the course of their careers. And the bottom line is that no one – not even Einstein in his prime or Jimmy the Greek – could remember hundreds of dogs’ histories and predict how they’re going to run in any given race. It’s impossible.

Not only that, we all remember things the way we want to remember them. We have selective memory at the best of times and when emotions are running high as our dogs carry our hopes for winning around the oval, our memory isn’t working at full capacity. If we bet on a dog that usually closes and it doesn’t close well, we may notice and remember that it was cut off by another dog, or we may get the impression that it just didn’t close for no reason at all and decide that it’s a quitter.

If we see a dog go wide on the turns in a sprint race, we may call it a wide-runner for the rest of its life, when it was really only wide in that one race, because the dog next to it, a fighter, kept forcing it out. Or it may only run wide in sprints and we don’t remember that and it wins for fun in a route race and we wonder why it didn’t go wide this time. We see what we want to see.

What we should be looking at when we handicap the dog races is the dogs’ lines for its last six races. At least. I go back a lot farther than that with online data, especially if I’m at a track I haven’t been to in a while. I look at these “past performance” lines to get an idea of whether the dog is going into or out of form, whether it’s going to be happy with its box and whether it’s done well at this grade in the past.

I use facts and figures, not my own faulty memory, to tell me if the dog has a chance at beating the competition today. It doesn’t matter what it did three months ago or – more importantly – what I think I remember that it did three months ago. What matters is what always matters in greyhound handicapping. Class, Consistency and Competition.

You’ll never be successful at winning at the dog track if you listen to people who don’t look at the program. The best greyhound handicappers I know spend at least a couple of hours going over their program alone, before they ever join their friends at the track. And good handicappers never let themselves be swayed by what someone else thinks. They have faith in their own judgment, because they know they’ve done everything they can to put the odds in their favor.

If you’re not winning at the dog track, you need to visit Winning At the Dog Track With Eb where you can find free tips, helpful articles and information. From Florida to New Hampshire and all the tracks in between, Eb knows greyhounds. Find out what you need to know to win at Eb’s.

posted by admin on Nov 6

When I started with greyhound handicapping, I was in my late twenties and as numb as a pounded thumb about dog racing. Luckily, I had several more experienced mentors to give me advice and keep me from ending up in the poorhouse. That’s one of the reasons I write articles about how to win at the dog track now. I remember how it felt to want to win, way back when I was too clueless to pick a winner in a one-dog race.

Here in no particular order is some of the best advice I ever got:

• Never bet a puppy in his first A race (or AA at some tracks, whatever the top grade is), no matter how good he looks or how fast he came up through the grades. They almost never win. (From an old-timer at Lincoln Greyhound Park, now called Twin Rivers.) He was right. You know, in 30 years of watching dog races, I’ve almost never seen a puppy win its first race in the top grade.
• Never bet more than four dogs in a quiniela or trifecta box. It’s almost always too costly to pay off. And if you can’t narrow a race down to four or fewer real contenders, you should just lay off and wait for a better race.
• Never bet on the basis of schooling races. Period. (And that includes Maiden races where one dog has fantastic times and has won every schooling race it was in.)
• Never bet more when you’re losing. It rarely works and you’ll just end up losing even more.
• Never blame the dogs when you lose. They have no idea you bet on them and know less about greyhound racing than you do. They’re not trying to lose on purpose or do you dirt. They’re just dogs doing what dogs do – chasing something with a bunch of other dogs. Truth to tell, the dogs are the only dog track fans who almost always go home happy about the races.

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posted by admin on Nov 6

Cancer affects a significant percentage of canines. Know the risk factors that include: genetics, hormone imbalances, diet, vaccinations, environmental toxins such as lawn chemicals, flea and tick dips, tobacco smoke to name a few. Nearly half of dogs over age 10 die of cancer. There are similarities between canine and human cancers, but there are also differences. For example, dogs have 35 times as much skin cancer as humans, 4 times as many breast tumors, 8 times as much bone cancer, and twice the incidence of leukemia. Humans have 7 times as much lung cancer as dogs and 13 times as much cancer of the stomach and intestines.

According to a Swedish study done in 1997, the breeds at highest risk for cancer were: Boxers, Giant Schnauzers and Bernese Mountain Dogs, Irish Wolfhounds, Cocker spaniels and Doberman Pinschers, Pomeranians, Newfoundlands, German Shepherd Dogs, Saint Bernards, Great Danes, Greyhounds and Basset Hounds.

Today, the most common type of cancer in American dogs is skin cancer followed by mammary cancer and lymphosarcoma.

Even though Shih Tzu is not among the breeds to be targeted for high risks, we can still be on the look-out for cancer symptoms which are similar to those in humans. These include any abnormal swelling that continues to grow, sores that don’t heal, weight loss, bleeding or discharge from any body opening, a reluctance to move or exercise, a loss of stamina or difficulty breathing, urinating or defecating. Any sort of lameness in an older dog (but especially large breeds, which excludes our Shih Tzu also), should be investigated, even though our Shih Tzu is not included in that either as being of high risk by breed, it does not mean, this could not occur. Subtle signs such as sleeping, more than usual, refusing to play, or having less interest in social interaction, can be warning signs.

Even though it would seem at this time cancer is not a huge threat to our Shih Tzu, it is still good to be alert to any symptoms that may be warning signs of the disease.

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posted by admin on Nov 5

Betfair.com is one of the world’s biggest online betting exchanges. Betfair.com hosts betting for a wide variety of events including sports like tennis, soccer, cricket, rugby, or racing games like horse racing, formula one, or any other event whose outcome is watched closely by the masses and has the potential to attract huge trading volumes. Apart from betting, Betfair offers many other popular online gambling services including poker, casino games, and other games that are exchange-enabled. Anyone who can pay money via Internet using a credit card or a debit card can open an account with Betfair.com and start playing without any hassles.

Let’s first see what Betfair.com has got to offer to you as a customer. After opening an account by registering online, you can go through the list of events that are open for betting. You can take a look at the bids and offers placed by other users and place your bid or offer based on your own view of the outcome. At the time of placing a bid or offer, you are required to pay the maximum amount that you may lose. After the event is over, if you win, the amount that you win will be credited to your account. You get to play the betting game from the luxury of your home. It doesn’t matter where the actual event is being played. You can bet even during the course of the game while you closely follow all the details of the game. Betfair also provides a paid data service that can give you any live information relevant to the event and that can affect the outcome in any way.

And how does Betfair benefit from your gambling activity? Answer is commissions. One of the most crucial reasons for the success of Betfair is their fair charges when compared to traditional betting firms. Only winners are charged. In most other forms of trading or gambling, a player would be charged irrespective of the outcome. One important point to note is that there are no hidden charges as there are users on both the sides of a bet. In the traditional betting setup, a bookmaker offers odds in such a way that he makes a killing every time irrespective of the outcome of the game. The arbitrage spread that a bookmaker consumes is the hidden cost which is absent when betting on Betfair.

All in all, one can say that Betfair is a far more superior means to betting than the traditional methods. Off course, it lacks the fun and excitement that one gets standing in the podium amongst yelling crowds, watching horses race against each other using their full power. But nevertheless, excitement hampers thinking and is bad for gambling. If you are playing for money, Betfair is the place for you.

When using betfair like I do, I can sit at home and put my bets on while watching the football/cricket/tennis/horse racing or greyhounds and use up to the minute information. One other great feature is the in running betting. How many times have you used traditional bookmakers and once the event is “off” they will not take any more bets, on betfair you can put your bet on after the “off.”

The ability to lay horses is by far the best feature. You can act as the bookmaker. I reckon that if you are Mr average punter, you have lost more than you have won, probably by quite a considerable amount over the years. Well you can reverse that by laying horses. If you want to find out more go to the link.

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posted by admin on Nov 4

Before you adopt a new dog into your family, take some time to research the pros and cons of the different breeds to ensure you find a dog that will be the right match for you and your family. We have outlined some of the qualities and problems associated with some common dog breeds to help you find the perfect pet.

German Pinscher

The German Pinscher, also referred to as the Standard Pinscher, is a German breed that has been around since 1879. This breed nearly went extinct before World War II. Fortunately a man named Herr Werner Jung brought the breed back. Today all German Pinschers descend from one “founding mother.”

This is a smaller dog that only stands between 17 and 20 pounds and weighs between 23 and 35 pounds. They have a short, glossy and smooth coat that comes in solid colors that range between fawn and stag red. This dog is a good natured dog that is equally as suitable as a family dog or a watch dog.

Irish Setter

The Irish Setter, also referred to as the Red Setter, is an Irish breed. This breed was created by the crossing of setters, spaniels, and pointers that naturally had red and white coats. The characteristic chestnut red coat that we now associated with the breed didn’t appear until the 19th century. Today this breed is a favorite at dog shows, in the field, and in homes.

The Irish Setter stands between 25 and 27 inches tall and weighs between 60 and 70 pounds. They have a combination coat that is short and close on their heads and on their front legs, and long feathery hair on the rest of their body. The only color that is accepted for this breed today is the rich chestnut red color. However, you can occasionally Irish Setters with traces of black and white in their coat as well.

Italian Greyhound

The Italian Greyhound, also called the Piccolo Levrieve Italiani, is a toy breed that originated in Italy. It is a sight hound that was bred to be a companion. Today this little dog is exclusively used as a pet.

The Italian Greyhound is a small dog that only stands between 13 and 15 inches and it weighs around 8 pounds. It has a short close coat that is glossy. It can typically be found in shades of blue, fawn, white, black, cream and white. This breed is better suited for homes with older kids. They also get along with other dogs. Some Italian Greyhounds get along with cats, while others don’t. You will want to take this into consideration if you are shopping for a new pet and have an Italian Greyhound, or if you have a cat and are considering getting an Italian Greyhound.

Bouvier des Flandres

The Bouvier des Flandres, also referred to as the Belgian Cattle Dog, is a Belgium cattle driving dog. It looks a lot like a giant Scottish Terrier. It stands between 23 and 27 inches tall and weighs between 59.5 and 88 pounds. It has a thick coarse outercoat and a soft undercoat. It traditionally comes in black, brindle, and fawn coat colors.

To care for this breed you will want to brush its coat every week. This is a must with this breed as their long coat mats easily. You will also need to brush their teeth, clean their ears, and trim their nails on a regular basis. This breed needs a lot of exercise, however, low impact exercise is preferable as their heavy build is not designed to handle extended running or jogging. Some of the health problems that you should keep an eye open for include hip problems, joint problems, bloat, and eye conditions.

Skye Terrier

The Skye Terrier is a Scottish terrier that has been a favorite of British royalty. They are a small breed that only stands between 9 and 10 inches tall and they weigh between 19 and 23 pounds. They have a long, flat outercoat that comes in shades of black, gray, cream, and fawn with black points on their ears and on their muzzles. This dog is active and loyal. They are not the best breed to have when you have young children as they can be a bit snappy when teased. They also prefer to be the only pet in a household.

Labrador Retriever

The Labrador Retriever is a Canadian breed that is though to have been developed by fishermen in Greenland. The Labrador Retriever is now classified as a sporting dog in the gundog class. This dog makes a great family pet, a great guide dog for the blind, a great drug search dog, and a great sporting dog.

The Labrador Retriever comes in three color variations, chocolate, black, and yellow. The current trend is for the Chocolate Lab, however, the Black and Yellow Labs are also popular. The males of this breed are slightly larger than the females. They stand between 22.5 and 24.5 inches tall and weigh between 60 and 75 pounds, and the females stand between 21.5 and 23.5 inches tall and weigh between 55 and 70 pounds.

Poodle

The Poodle, also called the Barbone and Caniche, is a French breed that belongs to the non-sporting group. The standard Poodle is a tall dog that stands between 22 and 27 inches tall and weighs between 45 and 70 pounds. Their coat is short to medium and very curly or frizzy. They come in a variety of solid colors including black, white, silver and chocolate. This breed has a couple of health concerns that you should be aware of including stifle problems and hip dysplasia.

Toy Fox Terrier

The Toy Fox Terrier, also called the American Toy Terrier and the AmerToy, is an English breed. They are a tiny little dog that stands about 10 inches tall and that weighs between 3.5 and 7 pounds. They have a short shiny coat that is predominantly white with black and/or tan markings. They are a scrappy little dog that is not afraid of anything. If you have very small kids you should wait until they are older to add this little dog to your family as they can’t withstand rough handling.

Clumber Spaniel

The Clumber Spaniel, also referred to as the Gentleman’s Gun Dog, is a British hunting breed. Their heritage either descends from Alpine Spaniel bloodlines or from Basset Hound bloodlines. No one is quite sure.

The Clumber Spaniel is a sweet dog that makes a great family dog, however, they also make responsive and obedient field sporting dogs as well. This breed is a medium sized dog that stands between 19 and 20 inches tall and weighs between 65 and 80 pounds. They have a thick coat that is silky and flat. This base coat is accented with feathering on their tail, around their eyes, on their stomachs, and on their legs. They come in a variety of colors, however, the preferred coat color combination is white with lemon. Orange and freckling on the muzzle are also common.

Before you adopt a new dog into your family, take some time to research the pros and cons of the different breeds to ensure you find a dog that will be the right match for you and your family. We have outlined some of the qualities and problems associated with some common dog breeds to help you find the perfect pet.

posted by admin on Nov 4

For those people who ALWAYS want to be poor all their lives then here is a list of things that you should NEVER do followed by a list of things that you should ALWAYS do. In fact, you can use this as a blueprint to a life of poverty:

1. NEVER read a motivational, inspirational or educational book. You should especially avoid all books on wealth creation. Don’t even look at the covers. Ignorance is bliss. Books contain knowledge and knowledge is potential power. Potential power could lead to actual power and this must be avoided.
2. NEVER listen to any person who has shown by example that they have attained success. In fact, be jealous of that person and put them down behind their back for being a “big shot.” Jealousy is a sure path to poverty so make sure that you never stray away from it too often.
3. NEVER attend a seminar. In the minds of poverty thinkers, seminars ONLY exist to make lots of money for the presenters thereby making poor people even poorer. Spending $100 on a seminar where you could get ideas that would make $ million just isn’t enough incentive.
4. NEVER ask a successful person to be your adviser or mentor. Following in the footsteps of somebody who is successful and who has, as a consequence, made a lot of money would be too demeaning. Why follow anybody? Surely they will have a hairstyle or a laugh or a gesture that will annoy you.

On the contrary, to stay in struggle street and remain poor here is a list of things that you should do:

1. DO sit down for hours and hours to watch “REALITY TV.” You will be titillated watching fantastic thought provoking stuff like “Big Brother” or “Wife Swapping” or “Jerry Springer Interviews Prostitutes with Terminal Syphilis” or any of the many wonderful programs such as these.
2. DO smoke as many cigarettes and drink as much alcohol and eat as many pizzas as you possibly can. While you are doing that it will take your mind off being successful and wealthy. The hospitals will fix you up when you eventually cave in to your vices. That’s THEIR job.
3. DO sleep a lot. The fact that you will be dead a lot longer than you are alive should be of no consequence to you at all. After all, you are here to have a good time not a long time. Sleeping allows you to do less and less thereby conserving your strength for more TV watching, smoking, drinking and eating fatty food.
4. DO be lazy. Why do ANYTHING for yourself when you can get somebody else to do it for you? You want another beer? Just scream out for somebody to get it for you. When they bring it they might as well collect up all the empties around your couch too.
5. DO engage in gambling. Go to the casino, the horses, the greyhounds or anywhere else that you can get a bet on. The fact that places offering these facilities sit on multi-million dollar lots and have all the latest styling, security and facilities should PROVE to everybody that gambling is a good thing. Look at all that disgusting opulence that you are surrounded by when you are ON-SITE.

So, there you have it – all the things to be avoided and all the things to do. You can use these short lists as your own private BLUEPRINT to poverty. Many people do. These are not original ideas. I only worked them out through observation. Good luck. You will need plenty of it if you use this as your plan in life.

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posted by admin on Nov 3

This week at the track, I was standing in line ready to place a bet. The guy in front of me, who’d been reading his program while we stood there waiting, plunked his program down on the counter, ran his fingers over the dogs’ lines and said to the clerk,

“So who do you like to win this?”

The tote just said, “I’m sorry, sir, I can’t advise you.”

“That’s too bad,” the guy said, “Because I don’t have a clue.”

And he stood there reading his program until the tote told him he had to bet because there were other people behind him. He moved his head up and down, his eyes scanning the page and then he made three or four tri-key and tri-wheel bets. By that time, I think he’d raised the blood pressure of everyone in line and the tote’s too. But I didn’t mind.

I always feel better when I know that I’m betting against people who don’t have a clue and won’t do anything about getting one. These are the people who don’t get a program until they get to the track, about ten minutes before the first race goes off or even after it’s gone off.

They’re the people who don’t make up their mind what they’re going to bet until they’re standing in line or even up at the window. Then they make a spur of the moment decision based on a quick look for the dog with the early speed or the one who has the most First To Turns or one who is “due” because it hasn’t won for a few races.

Some of them could probably be good handicappers if they settled down and got there early and went over the program in more depth. Sometimes they remind me of one of my kids who has ADHD. When he’s doing his homework, he skims right over it, missing half the facts, because he wants to get it over with quickly so he can do something fun. He doesn’t do very well on tests, even though he’s a smart kid who would like to get better grades. Sometimes, he even asks me for answers so he won’t have to look them up. (I don’t give them to him, but he keeps trying.)

The bettors who skim their programs really fast, so they can get to the fun part – winning – are like my kid. They want the prize without the fight. They want someone to give them the answers. They want to skip right over the boring handicapping part and get to the winning part. And that’s why they never get there. It’s like thinking you can get to college without getting good grades in high school.

Don’t be clueless. Get your program early. Go over it in as much depth as you can. Keep records so you’ll know whether what you’re doing is working or not. Don’t ask other people for picks. That’s as bad as using the tip sheets that everyone and his brother is using.

Most of all, please, please don’t get in line while you’re still deciding what to bet. If you can’t decide in time to bet without handicapping in line, you should lay off the race and spend the time handicapping the rest of the program so that you do better on those races.

Get a clue or better yet several clues. Handicapping greyhound races is like solving a crossword puzzle or a math problem.

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