"We know the two fastest races of Flicka's career were races which she tested positive for cocaine," he says. "Let me be clear: She has 169 official races in her career. The two fastest times of her career are the two races in which she tested positive for cocaine. That's incredibly disturbing." http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/...cing-dogs-test-positive-for-cocaine/451549602
Sad, but not surprising. Humans give themselves performance enhancing drugs, so they'll certainly give them to animals...
One person who comes to mind with sports and cocaine you hockey fans will know, : Bob Probert. Tough as nails without it but you could tell when he was on it. He was close to an animal.
So long as the participants understood the risks, we should see what humans can do when the best of science is combined with the best of athletes.
Don't they give steroids to race horses......in fact, don't they give horse steroids to humans? I thought I remembered reading something where they polled a bunch of top athletes and asked them if they would be willing to trade a significant shortening of their lifespan if it meant they could be the best in the world at their sport of choice, even if just for a very short window. The results were overwhelmingly that they would take that tradeoff.
how do they administer the blow? Usually the dogs are locked up hours before any competition. Ive seen dogs get their muzzle off at weigh ins and maul other dogs. Especially interesting when the trainer weighs 120lbs and has 350lbs of dogs on leads.
There are a lot of steroids on the black market that are labeled "for veterinarian use only". Some people use them, hell...probably a lot of people use them. But they aren't the "norm". Good human grade shit is out there to be had. At least that's what I've heard.
Let's not kid ourselves, we're already almost there. Pro athletes need to be somewhat careful to stay below testing thresholds, but the rules are being bent to their limit. One of the most eye opening comments on the subject was made by John Romano during the MLB hearings. He said "a PED test is really an IQ test, because only idiots fail them."
I'm sure there are horses that have failed a piss test or two. A different take to "piss like a race horse." To the trade off, we can't throw a bunch of criminals in the ring ala Roman Colosseum, so drugs it is. Besides, it would serve to the benefit of all mankind. Lots of human research would be done in a short amount of time. We could have a Novartis Warriors -vs- Pfizer Vikings white paper published in The New England Journal of Medicine that commoners might actually read.
I know I've said it on here before, but the Joe Rogan podcast where he interviews Lance Armstrong is a fascinating look into pro athletes and PED's.
