ELECTROLYTE

[tote 854]

Just read the thread on black dogs and how the heat affects them,I was wondering if any of you lurcher

owners ever give your dogs electrolytes in the hot weather.I always give it to the racing greyhounds

throughout the summer months.

[countrymaid 2]

Just read the thread on black dogs and how the heat affects them,I was wondering if any of you lurcher

owners ever give your dogs electrolytes in the hot weather.I always give it to the racing greyhounds

throughout the summer months.

My Swedish Friends give there whippets a syringe of it evrey time they race there whippets they swear by it

[Guest MOLLY]

Always use recharge when they are working, never really gave it any thoughts in the summer, i always seem to be near water with them anyway......would it benefit them to do so if they have a constant supply of water?

MOLL.

[higgins 75]

if they are supllied with water regularly there should be no need for electrolyte solotuions,these are used when there is dehydration,as i read somewhere if dehydration is present it is already too late,better to keep offering water in the first instance,also if there has been illness in a dog or pup then it is used to keep on

top of the dehydration problem,

Higgins.

[bracken28 0]

if they are supllied with water regularly there should be no need for electrolyte solotuions,these are used when there is dehydration,as i read somewhere if dehydration is present it is already too late,better to keep offering water in the first instance,also if there has been illness in a dog or pup then it is used to keep on

top of the dehydration problem,

Higgins.

 

totally agree with higgins.

If they are given fresh water regulary. no need to use it,

[Guest Frank]

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Edited June 11, 2007 by Frank

[timmy k 590]

make your own if you cant find it

 

2 teaspoons lo salt

1 1/2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda

4 teaspoons glucose powder

mix the dry ingrediants and add 1 tablespoon to 1/2 a gallon of water

[Guest Frank]

Hay Mr Tote, as you seem to know so much about greyhounds, why ask?

 

Frank.

Edited June 11, 2007 by Frank

[Vermin Dropper 2]

Hay Mr Tote, as you seem to know so much about greyhounds, why ask?

 

Frank.

 

He was asking opinions about lurchers Frank, it says in his post he gives it to his racing greys, :thumbs-up:

 

Stop being a girl just cos someone disagreed with your views,

 

I've never used it although this coming season will be the first real hard working one for my 2 and I intend to use recharge or similar.

 

"timmy k" where did you get the recipe for that "electrolite" mix? it it known that these are the right quanteties or is it something you made up yourself? not having a dig, just that as I don't know you and I'm not an expert in these matters I'd like to get things right when I feed it to my dogs.

 

cheers. :thumbs-up:

[Bryan 1,362]

too much water without electrolytes is what caused the death of 2 runners in this years london marathon

Bryan

[tote 854]

Hay Mr Tote, as you seem to know so much about greyhounds, why ask?

 

Frank.

 

You have a PM Frank,i'll have to go,my 9 month old son has thrown his toys out of his pram

[scotty3968 0]

Its not just about hydration,i personally use it on a regular basis im no expert but it works for me especially in the summer months, electrolyte puts back into the body what hard work takes out like salts etc,but a healthy diet should replace most stuff lost, ive never used it on dogs but i may do so in the future, so if anyone uses it with their dogs i would like some advice on dosage etc

cheers

scotty

[sandymere 8,263]

make your own if you cant find it

 

2 teaspoons lo salt

1 1/2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda

4 teaspoons glucose powder

mix the dry ingrediants and add 1 tablespoon to 1/2 a gallon of water

 

 

why "lo salt" if sodium is the electrolyte your trying to replace ?

 

when my dog starts dripping with sweat like a marathon runner i'll start to replace the electrolytes lost untill then i'll go for a good balenced diet to fullfill their nutrient needs.

[DIGGIT 6]

JUST SOMTHING TO LOOK AT

 

An electrolyte is a substance containing free ions that behaves as an electrically conductive medium. Because they generally consist of ions in solution, electrolytes are also known as ionic solutions, but molten electrolytes and solid electrolytes are also possible. They are sometimes referred to in abbreviated jargon as lytes.

 

Electrolytes commonly exist as solutions of acids, bases or salts. Furthermore, some gases may act as electrolytes under conditions of high temperature or low pressure. Electrolyte solutions can also result from the dissolution of some biological (e.g. DNA, polypeptides) and synthetic polymers (e.g. poly(styrene sulfonate), termed polyelectrolytes, which contain multiple charged moieties.

 

Electrolyte solutions are normally formed when a salt is placed into a solvent such as water and the individual components dissociate due to the thermodynamic interactions between solvent and solute molecules, in a process called solvation. For example, when table salt, NaCl, is placed in water, the following occurs:

 

 

NaCl(s) → Na+ + Cl−

Basically, the electrolyte is a material that dissolves in water to give a solution that conducts an electric current.

 

An electrolyte in a solution may be described as concentrated if it has a high concentration of ions, or dilute if it has a low concentration. If a high proportion of the solute dissociates to form free ions, the electrolyte is strong; if most of the solute does not dissociate, the electrolyte is weak. The properties of electrolytes may be exploited using electrolysis to extract constituent elements and compounds contained within the solution.

 

THERE GOOD IF YOU NEED TO GET A DOG BACK WORKING, BUT YOU CAN ALSO FECK YOUR DOG UP BY GIVING HEM TO MUCH .

[bolio 49]

It's only ten or eleven quid for a tub of Betacel that will last all season and thats formulated specifically for running dogs, as opposed to say, race horses, which require a slightly different balance of potassium and sodium.

If your dogs are free running in this heat they'll be losing more than water from panting. All the fluids in a living body have salts dissolved in them so the proper use of electrolytes should rehydrate while maintaining that balance.

Speak to a vet who specialises in greyhounds.