Make sure you know what your distributor is doing!!!!!!!!
Do you mean as far as tuning the TPI, or is this another secret I need to learn about?
Send another picture of your "shop buddy"
You asked for it...
My girlfriend was in Home Depot one day shopping for whatever and she came across this covered in tar:
The vet later would tell us he was most likely a pure-bred(by looking at his teeth) approx. 6 month old yellow lab. No leash, no collar, the store is in a rural section surrounded by highways, so he either was dropped off by a fed-up owner (knowing the dog, this is most likely) or he escaped his captives and travelled very far.
He was thirsty, let himself into the store, and was avoiding everyone except my girlfriend...who was carrying a water bottle. So she let him drink.
She took him to the store manager who took pictures and posted signs throughout the store grounds. The signs had our phone number on it. Then she took him to the nearby SPCA and left pictures and our phone number there. 2 1/2 years later and no calls yet.
this is a shot of him a couple weeks later taking out a cat burglar:
a few weeks after that, girl, friend, and dog were playing in a local park and the dog jumped up to catch a thrown toy and landed wrong. The dog used to jump up and twist in the air when catching things. This is bad for some landings:
that's 2 breaks in his femur
The fracture apparently was loud enough to be heard from 15 ft away. He just let out a few long groans and sat there. The girls took him to a vet hospital about 45 minutes away. 2 days later, he came back home
We had to carry him up and down steps and keep him on a leash when he went outside or when he was in a large room. Trying to keep an 8 month old labrador from running is quite a task. There was no cast, just what you see in the x-rays and a shaved leg. The night after the surgery, he was putting some weight on it when he walked, and in a week he was running around the house :eek:
A broken bone on a dog is funny because they don't heal as well as humans, so some movement is necessary for a good heal, but him running around was not good. We were constantly yelling at him to stop.
It took him about 3 months to fully recover, and I mean FULLY. He's got a mean looking scar, and can run and jump like a maniac. Here he is jumping after floating hot embers:
I have some pics of him doing the long jump off the docks into the lake, but I can't find them. If I had the time, I'd love to enter him some contests.