Balancing act to keep canine athletes performing at their peak

By Bruce Teague

AS YOU watch the players stride on to the court in the Australian Open of tennis, you wonder how they overcome the sore and taped ankles, the aching backs, the upset stomachs, blistered fingers and strained adductor muscles. To say nothing of injuries to the mind.

For me, what it brings into focus is what our canine athletes go through in order to get to the starting boxes. Like footballers, are none of them really 100 per cent by this time in the season? Is there a team of trainers, vets and muscle men on daily sentry duty?

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