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Had an eye opening experience today. One of my customers in the Miami area called and ordered Muscle Max and then asked me if it was alright to use this product with his other products including Carbosol. Since I am not familiar with that particular product, I looked it up online as I was talking to the client and I saw the performance program recommended by the manufacturer. According the the performance program, he was to put one or two differnt products on the feed six days a week and 4 products in the water five days a week and two products in the water the other two days of the week. This program requires using four to six products every day. That is one complicated performance program.

Now look at the simplicity of my performance program. Muscle Max on the day of return from a race, Super Creatine Plus the first day following the race, Super Creatine Plus and Muscle Max on the day prior to shipping.

It is the same with my health program: Day after the race, use Max Immune Plus, Third day after the race use Show Stopper on the feed for one meal only, Fifth day after the race use Show Stopper on the feed for one meal only. Simplicity - that is why my customers like my "All Natural" products.

Of course, they also like all the cost saving from not having to cycle through multiple courses of medications and antibiotics along with having to keep on hand six performance products.

I should point out, that many of my customers do not even use the Muscle Max product, as the Super Creatine Plus product (with its proprietary performance formula and micro-encapsulation technology) works so well for them. The Muscle Max product is most useful if a fancier flys a race course and schedule that is particularly taxing on the birds.

I have a new customer in Portugal. He is one of the top flyers in his country having won in 2009 many top national awards and is easily in the top 5 lofts of Portugal for short, middle and long distance combined performances. I cannot tell you his exact performances, as that would identify him and he wishes to keep private from his competiton what new things he is planning for 2010.

Several weeks ago, he received his first shipment of my products and started to use them as directed. At the same time, he visited his vet and found that the birds (on a scale of 1 - 5) had a coccidiosis score of 4. He decided to treat the birds with Travipharma ACG 1, which is a cocci - canker cure. I suggested to him that he also use my Five Star + Show Stopper product moistening the feed with Power Drops. He agreed, and divided his racing lofts into two groups. To one group was given the Travipharma ACG 1, and to the other group was given the Five Star + Show Stopper and Power Drops. After seven days of treatment he went back to the vet and found out that the Travipharma ACG 1 treated group was now a 1.5 but the Five Star + Show Stopper with Power Drops was a 3.

On first look, one might think that he would be disappointed by these results, but that is not the case. You see, he handled 10 birds from each group every day during the seven days of treatment and let the birds out to exercise every day. What the hand told him and what the exercise told him was that the birds on Five Star + Show Stopper with Power Drops were responding better than the Travipharma ACG 1 treated group. His comments were that the Five Star + Show Stopper with Power Drops group birds had firm muscles and pink skin, that they appeared "happier", their droppings were firmer, and they were more eager to exercise, flying at least an hour and some flying for two hours. In all, he believed the Five Star + Show Stopper with Power Drops group birds were in better condition of health and attitude than the Travipharma ACG 1 group.

So, how is this possible? How can the group with the higher cocci count be healthier and in better condition? The answer lies in the difference between the targeted outcomes for each treatment.

Travipharma ACG 1 contains: Amprolium, Secnidazole, and Vitamin B-Complex. It is specifically manufactured to treat cocci, canker and giardia. Even though it is targeted towards these protozoal infections the active ingredients are toxic and they also adversely effect other micro-organisms whose populations are beneficial to the birds. This product is excellent for a targeted cure, but pigeons are complex creatures and have many more pathogenic challenges than just cocci and canker. Also, any time you use a medication that is by nature toxic, it will tax the liver and kidneys to excrete the toxins. In all, I rate Travipharma ACG 1 very highly and recommend it for those who are in need of this type of treatment. However, there is another way to bring health to your race birds that, I believe, is more holistic and beneficial to the overall health of the birds.

Let me first make one thing very clear, I always recommend to new customers, that if they have an existing health problem in their loft, they should treat the existing health problem with the recommended medication immediately, while they are waiting for my products to arrive in the mail. That is the humane course of action to take. I then tell them to start their birds on my health program when it arrives and they will have little need for more medications or antibiotics in the future. Now lets take a look at why my customer in Portugal and I, believe that the birds treated with Five Star + Show Stopper with Power Drops appeared to demonstrate superior health when compared to the Travipharma ACG 1 treated birds.

Five Star + Show Stopper with Power Drops contain: vitamins, minerals, amino acids, specific antibodies (effective against many different pathogens), polysaccharides, oligosacharides, beta glucans, glycoproteins, glycolipids, pre-biotics, Probiotics (10 different friendly bacteria strains specifically cultured for the racing pigeon), buffered organic acids, and many more "specialty ingredients" whose blend is exclusive to our product mix. Our treatment, uses all natural ingredients to build up the good micro-organisms and to suppress the so called pathogen populations. This allows the good micro-organisms to replace the so called bad populations. We are creating a hostile environment for the bad organisms while encouraging the good micro-organisms to move into and occupy the areas from which the pathogenic populations have been displaced.

Treatments like Travipharma ACG, work quickly against the primary infection for which they were created to target, but they have little or no supressive affect against concurrent secondary infections (opportunistic pathogenic colonies which take advantage of the immune system's pre-occupation with the primary infection, and expliot the weakened immune response in order to expand their own populations). Five Star + Show Stopper with Power Drops, works more slower against the primary infection, but it concurrently suppresses many other pathogenic populations so that the natural immune response can better function against any primary threat. Five Star + Show Stopper with Power Drops, supplies all natural broad spectrum support for the immune system.

This is the basis for how Travipharma ACG 1 could kill off the cocci infection much faster, but the Five Star + Show Stopper with Power Drops brought about better overall health in the birds. Travipharma ACG 1 has a very narrow approach and is targeted towards a specific cure. Five Star + Show Stopper with Power Drops has a very broad approach to meeting the health needs of our race birds. It is obvious that Travipharma ACG 1 is a much faster cure for cocci. However, it does not re-balance the populations to ensure that the pro health populations fill the void left after the kill off of the pathogen populations. Nor does it reinforce the defense mechanisms of the immune system to the extent that the Five Star + Show Stopper with Power Drops treatment accomplishes. Five Star + Show Stopper with Power Drops will accomplish the same outcome as Travipharma ACG 1 concerning protozoal infections (but in a slower more gentile manner) and will at the same time supress most all other pathogenic infections, bringing overall better health results.

One thing you need to know is that fanciers often do well racing even when their birds have high cocci counts. Many vets will not recommend treating these birds with a cocci cure if the birds are doing well in the races. What is important, is the growth in cocci count. If the vet finds that the cocci count is going up then this is bad. If on the other hand, the cocci count is stable and not growing, then the vet often does not recommend treatment as the treatment would throw the birds off form more than the continued stasis condition of the birds that are performing well in the races even with high cocci counts.

This very fact was reiterated by my new customer in Portugal who stated that his best performances in 2009 were accomplished when his cocci count was 4 out of 5. To quote him. "The birds on your treatment are in good health, and I know from experience that even if the birds have coccidiosis and the average health of the birds is good, then they can compete and win! In 2009, when I went to the vet my pigeons had a count of 4 of 5 and this was during the same time that they were obtaining all our top performances and earning our National Awards."

He went on to write that he had put the birds on Max Immune Plus for two days after finishing the treatments for cocci and canker, and stated that both groups of birds were now flying even better than before. Maybe, I should have suggested alternating the Five Star + Show Stopper with Power Drops every other day with Max Immune Plus for the seven days of treatment!

I am often asked by potential customers if I include electrolytes in my Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper products. The answer to that question is no. I have suspected for years, that electrolytes are not necessary and that they are possibly harmful to the birds. I came to this conclusion after studying how racing pigeons transfer heat and realized that they experience little or no electrolyte losses during a race. Today, I came across an article by Gordon A. Chalmers, DVM., that addresses this issue and I am posting the part concerning electrolytes below. It is good to see that others have come to the same conclusion as I have.

[Excerpt from the article "Probiotics, Prebiotics and Immunostimulants , etc.. by Gordon A Chalmers]

The use of electrolytes is a controversial subject in pigeon racing. In my opinion, if birds have daily access to a good wide-ranging mineral mix (that includes the trace mineral selenium) and an adequate diet, there should be no need for electrolytes in the days prior to a race. Such use of electrolytes could induce unwanted thirst.

A number of veterinarians including Drs David Marx, John Kazmierczak and Nik Weber (USA), Dr Frank Harper (UK), Dr Pascal Lennault (Belgium) and Dr Wim Peters of South Africa believe there is no need at all for electrolytes for healthy racing birds. As one example, this is Dr Peters’s reasoning, used with his permission, quote: “Electrolytes are often included in a vitamin preparation. I do not think that their use in pigeons is necessary as a matter of fact I believe that they could be harmful, particularly to the dehydrated pigeon returning home from a long race on a hot day. Imagine this scenario: it’s a hot day and the race is from 800 km (500 miles). A bird makes it back just before dark. What has happened to it during the day? Flying requires muscular activity which rapidly builds up heat, particularly with high (environmental) temperatures. The bird must dispose of this heat, otherwise it will be unable to continue. Too much heat will kill it! The only way to rid itself of enough heat is via respiration. (Some is lost through the legs and skin but the eventual effect is the same). Respiration causes water loss from the mouth and respiratory system. Note well: water only, no salts. Increased respiration causes increased water loss. The pigeon becomes dehydrated from all this loss but manages to reach home. We now have a flown out and dehydrated pigeon and wish to restore its physiological equilibrium as quickly as possible. Water was lost from the system (from blood and body tissues) but the salts (electrolytes) are more or less unchanged - in other words the concentration of electrolytes is higher than normal (because of the loss of water).

Giving more electrolytes now would worsen the condition. What is needed is plain water – as soon as possible. Warm it up, by all means, but do not add electrolytes. The usual feed can be given. But I prefer pellets, as they are semi-cooked, turn into mash after intake which means that they do not first have to be ground to pulp, have a large surface area exposed to the digestive enzymes and are pretty much balanced in their proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals. All this means they provide a rapid supply of essential food stuffs with which to build up the pigeon as quickly as possible. The electrolytes that the pigeon did lose via its kidneys and bowels are easily replaced by the salts normally contained in a balanced diet. It does not need extra replenishment.

Dr. Chalmers' article goes on to explain the advantages of using Dimethylglycine (DMG), and L-carnitine. I agree with the usefulness of these two ingredients in the diet of our birds, but I do not supplement with these ingredients directly. Rather, my products include the natural precursors (or building blocks) upon which the racing pigeon's body naturally manufactures these helpful ingredients.

Wikipedia defines Precursor as follows "Precursor (chemistry), a compound that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound"

There is a reason I prefer to use the natural building blocks that synthesize into Dimethylglycine and L-carnitine, and that is: I prefer to keep the bird in the most natural state. Besides, in the case of L-carnitine, if you supplement regularly with that ingredient, the birds will stop producing it naturally. I am not saying that supplementing is not a good idea, only that I prefer to encourage the natural production of L-carnitine in our birds over the external supplementation of the chemical form.

Getting back to the electrolytes issue, I have for several years been including several ingredients that control osmo-regulators and thermo-regulators (regulates the water content of the cells and regulates body temperature within certain boundaries). Using these ingredients, I accomplish the very thing that many fanciers want when they supplement with electrolytes. I rarely discuss these things as I have spent much time in research and it is the full complement of the ingredients I use that brings the outstanding results many fanciers experience with my products. However, I think the electrolytes issue is important so I have disclosed to you that there are secret ingredients in my Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper products that encourage natural synthesis of Dimethylglycine and L-carnitine, and that assist the birds to remain hydrated and cooled during the stress of racing.

Now that you have read the information on electrolytes, you should read about Muscle Max our performance product, created specifically to recouperate race birds immediately after the race and to rebuild muscles and prepare the birds for their next race.

One of my customers in Ireland, placed a re-order and in his email, he mentioned success he has had using Super Creatine Plus on an old breeding cock. "...I wanted to give the creatine plus to a few of my older stock before pairing up ,it helped an old cock fill eggs earlier this year after he missed his first 2 rounds."

I have always suspected and have mentioned on the website, that older breeders may well respond to Super Creatine Plus and start producing youngsters again. One of my Irish customers seems to think so also.

Congratulations Edwards & McCann of Ireland, who started on our health and performance products in June, and since starting on the products have won: 4 of the 6 remaining OB club races, including 7th Yearling National from Sennen Cove, England, 786 lofts / 4,134 birds. They then went on to win the club's "Kings Cup", from Vannes, France, (the only day bird in the club). Then started the YB season by winning the first 5 YB races, also placing high in the Federation: 2nd Federation ~ 2,261 birds, and 5th and 6th Federation ~ 3,220 birds, etc. [reports as of their latest email of 08/13/09].

If you look at the map and locate Sennen Cove (near Land's End / Penzance) you will see that the birds have to fly over at least 50 miles (or as much as 100 miles) of open waters to cross the Irish Channel from England to Ireland, and when you see where Vannes, France is located you will see that a direct line of flight means the birds would cross over 100 miles of open water from France to England and 50 to 100 miles more from England to Ireland. Not the easiest race course and the birds faced crossing headwinds on both races.

While I am on the subject, belated congratulations to Dave Simington, winner of 1st, 2nd, 13th, 18th 2008 Midwest OB Classic ~ 6,010 birds / 448 lofts and congratulations to Ed Schmierer, winner of 8 OB races and the 2nd National Ace Pigeon Middle Distance ARPU 2009. Ed, also raced a bird out of one of my breeding pairs and qualified her as a AU Registered Champion in her second race season. Thanks Ed!

While a customer was placing an order this morning, he mentioned how effectively he thought the Five Star + Show Stopper mix was working for him. He initially got the product mix for a specific health problem in his loft but has now incorporated this mix into his YB routine. He gives the Five Star + Show Stopper mix, twice a week (with Power Drops) and says that the birds eat more and exercise more than in the past. Using Five Star + Show Stopper, he is able to put the weight on the birds (build carbohydrates and fats) even though he is training them hard. He is really looking forward to the YB season.

This is one of the reasons why I like to take orders over the phone instead of online. While I am taking the order, I am asking how things are going and during the course of our conversation, my customers open up and share what is working good for them. I am always learning something new from my customers concerning the use of my products, and I often put those tips here on the Announcements page for everyone to read and learn from.

Our new customer, Andrew, in Ireleand, emailed me to say he and his uncle Brendan Mc Cann, won another race and will most likely be in the top 10 in the Federation, as well. To read of their other results since starting on our products read the June 16 and June 9 comments.

Received two comments about Power Drops over the past few days, one fancier reported when he re-ordered this week, that in Old birds this year, he found a bird in the loft that was (in his opinion) just hours away from dying. The bird was all feathers and bones. Thinking he had nothing to lose, he mixed some Five Star with some salad oil and forced it down the bird's throat. The bird sat there for a couple of minutes then started running around the loft, then started drinking lots of water and by the next day, the bird was much improved. This is a rather severe treatment, but when all else fails, you might consider it.

Yesterday, I get a call from a fancier that wants to tell me a "good ending" story. He received a call last week from an older fancier in the club that had been at the bottom of the race sheet all season. The fancier called to ask if my customer wanted "his breeders and YB team". My customer, encouraged the older fancier not to be so discouraged and asked if the older fancier would meet him just prior to basking for the 500 mile race. They met and the old guy's birds were ragged and tired looking as he had shipped them almost every week all season. My customer proceeded to give each of the older fancier's race birds, five drops of Power Drops. They then went to the club house and basketed their birds for the race. End of story, the old guy won the 500.

On Monday, June 15th, I received a phone call from our new customer Andrew, in Ireleand, (See his earlier post directly below). He called to inform us that he recieved confirmation that in a race held last week, he was; 1st club, 2nd section and 7th national against over 760 lofts. They released the birds in the UK and they must cross 50+ miles of the Irish Channel before arriving in Ireland. He really had confidence in the birds and our products, as he was fully pooled at all levels of competiton and took home over 2500 pounds (about 4400 dollars) and a new Electronic timer.

Of course, he has good birds (Vandenabeeles from M & D Evans and Peter Fox's Syndicate Loft), Excellent loft management (his uncle and partner Brendan Mc Cann, races the birds from his house) and now the health and performance products from RacingPigeon Mall. This combination of skill, good breeding and health regime really seems to be producing the results,

Congratulations Andrew and Brendan, keep up the good work!

Just got another great report of the effect of Power drops on the birds. A fancier in Tennessee just won both the 500 mile races.

On Wednesday, June 6th, a new customer (Andrew) in Ireleand received our products, and here is the email I received from him today (Saturday, June 9th).

John, on Wednsday we used "Super Creatine Plus" and "Show Stopper", Thursday "Five Star" and Friday we used "Power Drops" on the feed. I know its not the way the products are to be used, but we did it this way to get the birds on the system quickly. It was a North East wind today and heavy rains, the birds should not have being released but they were. With the harsh weather, we expected the birds at 3 hours 45 minutes, instead, we got our first two birds together at 3 hours 1 minute, then a few here and there. We took 1,2,7,9,10 today! Just to let you know hope this keeps up.

Andrew, lives on the east coast of Ireland, about 20 miles south of Dublin.

Congratulations Andrew, keep up the good work!

Recently, I have been getting very encouraging feedback from customers about our new product "Power Drops". Earlier this week, I took a re-order from a customer who originally had bought four 8 ounce bottles of "Power Drops". He was seeing such great results on race day, that this week, he placed a 10 bottle order.

During our conversation, he told me that, on the day of basketing, he was giving "Power Drops" on the feed in the morning and his results has really improved on race day. He commented that the birds came home from the races in much better condition, than before he started using the "Power Drops". Even on the very long and hard races, the birds were coming in, not looking like they had flown the distance but rather like they had flown a shorter race and were not broken down from the effort.

One of the top breeding lofts in the USA started using my products (Max Immune Plus, Show Stopper and Power Drops) in October of 2008. They were immediately impressed with the positive effect my products had on their birds, and have been recommending my products to all their customers ever since.

Yesterday, they called to order more products and at that time, told me about a fourteen year old hen, which had only producted one youngster last year (and very few youngsters over the past several years). This year, this fourteen year old hen went right down on eggs after only eight days in the breeding section, not only that but both eggs hatched and both youngster are very healthy. This top breeding loft is very pleased with the result, as they have already doubled their annual production from this valued hen, from just her first set of eggs.

This encouraging report, is just one more example of the "Dividend" you recieve when you are able to maintain "superior health" in your lofts without the use of medications and antibiotics. We are very pleased to get this report, as it helps to validate our health program and the cumulative effect it has over time on your birds.

Received an interesting phone call today. One of my customers had his best YB season yet, and attributed much of that success on the new test product I sent to him (50% Show Stopper + 50% Five Star). Seems there was a great deal of problems with YB's in his area (Connecticut). He was able to put in some top performances when others had to drop out of some of the races due to sickness in thier lofts.

I don't recommend using a mixture of 50% Show Stopper + 50% Five Star on a regular basis, as the pure form of Show Stopper has proven to be a year around preventive and natural health supplement. Howver, having a container of Five Star on hand in case sickness breaks out in your club or combine might be a good hedge against the worse happening. In his case, I think the sickness going around the combine was some sort of super canker strain that caused the problem and it was not responsive to the regular cocci treatments.

Today, we added Super B (B Vitamin complex) to our price sheet. This is a highly concentrated and inexpensive source for additional B vitimins. The product includes Biotin (B7), Folic Acid (B9), Niacin (B3), Pantothenic Acid (B5), Pyridoxine (B6), Riboflavine (B2), Cyanocobalamin (B12), Thiamine (B1), Choline, Vitamin C and other good ingredients.

Some of you ask why I do not have a shopping cart so that customers could order products directly from the website. I could do that, but there is a great deal of information shared between myself and my customer when an order is taken. My products are being used successfully by many different fanciers and in many different ways. You would be surprised to hear of the new uses for my products that I have learned during these phone calls. I also discover that some customers are using my products incorrectly and not getting the full benefit of their useage. Additionally, these phone calls give me input on how successful my products have been (or not) in dealing with the various Adeno, Circo and YB Sickness outbreaks around the country.

There is a lot of info I can share over the phone that I just cannot do with a website, as the info I share is specific to certain health issues currently found in the loft. Sometimes, I do not sell a product to a customer because after talking with them I find that there is another product better suited to their needs. Questions about when and how to use Vira Max or Five Star, are very dependent upon what specific health issues are going on in a loft (at that time) and what products the customer has already used or is currently using which might contradict the benefits of Vira Max, Five Star or any of my other health or performance products.

Overall, I find these phone conversation to be highly beneficial both to myself and to my customers. Besides, there is something about a phone call that seems to discourage those who order products with fraudulent credit card accounts. I have never had a fraudulent credit card order, even with the orders I ship overseas.

So, to those of you who enjoy the convenience of a onsite shopping cart, please understand, I am first of all selling service, then products.

Thanks, John Vance

A customer called today to tell me that his club and the surronding clubs experienced an adeno virus outbreak this year, about 2 - 3 weeks into the YB season. He reported that though most all the lofts in the area came down with symptoms of adeno virus, he did not. He then went on to tell me that a friend called him and told him that he should get my Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper products because they were successful for this fancier in keeping adeno out of the loft. Of course, he was already using these products (along with Vira Max + Five Star) and shared that with the friend. Prevention really is the best medicine!

One of our test lofts, was telling us a week ago how much they like our new anti-microbial product that goes on the feed. He said that he gives it to the birds for two days after every race in case the birds pick up anything in the race crate, and it really tightens up those droppings.

Last night he emails us that he clocked one of only 19 day birds in the World Trade Center Race (+/- 1540 birds ~ 350 to 400 miles). Congratulations Mr. X, you have a fantastic bird. Glad we could help with the health needs of your birds in preparation for the race. BTW, Mr. X, also uses our Muscle Max and Super Creatine Plus performance products.

Couple of weeks ago, got a call from a one loft race with the usual YB type sickness symptoms: holding water in the crop, watery droppings, not eating, etc. When a bird dies it usually does so within two days of showing signs. He had tried many medications and antibiotics but as soon as he stopped the meds, the birds reverted back to the sickness again.

Well, he started them on our Vira Max product and not one death since. THe one bird that he was sure would be died the next day (after strarting on Vira Max), perked up and is now recovered. The whole loft has returned to health. This is another positive results for Vira Max. I wish I could say this is always the result, but it is not. However, in many cases, Vira Max seems to bring about positive results even when the more traditional methods (antibiotics and medications) fail to clear up the problem.

Also, we have a new product (yet unnamed) that brings about good results in the birds. Be sure to ask about it when you call in an order for any of our products.

I wanted to comment on an issue that has come up over and over again concerning the use of Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper. The schedule that I recommend is tailored to the needs of a racing pigeon fancier that is competing in a race series. It assumes that the fancier is using both Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper during the week.

However, I find that not all customers are using both products. Some customers prefer to use Show Stopper and some prefer to use Max Immune Plus. I do not prefer you use one or the other exclusively, but if you do, please make sure that you are giving three (3) treatments a week of whichever product you are using.

There is a reason why the use of both product during the week is the best protection, it has to do with the fact that Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper each have ingredients unique to that product that are not available in the other product. Now it is true that both products share many ingredients but it is also true that each product contains ingredients unique to that product. This segregation of ingredients was necessary in order to place ingredients that are NOT water soluble in one product (Show Stopper) and to leave the other product as water soluble.

The preferred method and the method that provides the most protection for your birds is to use both products each week. However, if you prefer to use one or the other then make sure that you are giving that product three times a week at its regular dosage.

For those of you who are not racing, you can reduce your usage to two time a week from three. When birds are racing they share the crate with birds of unknown health and as such they need that extra protection during the race season that is not necessary during the off season.

As I get re-orders on our new Muscle Max product, more and more I am hearing about how fast the birds recover from the races when you put Muscle Max in the water for the returning birds. The difference is very noticable. I developed Muscle Max to quickly recuperate the birds after a race and to rebuild the muscles 12 - 24 hours sooner than birds that do not recieve Muscle Max.

Just last Saturday, another one of my Muscle Max customers told me he is doing very well in the early races so far this year. On Saturday, he lost the 250 Mile race by one second, but did take 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th. Most of his team clocked in the top 10% and 90% of his race birds were in the top 20% of the race sheet against about 750 birds shipped. This fancier, uses my products exclusively (Max Immune Plus, Show Stopper, Super Creatine Plus and Muscle Max). He does not medicate or use antibiotics except for a single Ivomec treatment for worms during the race season.

This fancier, uses Muscle Max and Super Creatine Plus on the day of basketing. However, he removes the supplemented water and replaces it with fresh water when he is giving the birds their last meal, about three hours before basketing. He also puts Muscle Max in the water for the returning race birds on race day. This is what is working for him.

I am reposting December 22, 2006 Annoucement, because is shouldn't get buried down the list. Bringing it to the top of the posts, will allow fanciers to re-read this important information about some of the ingredients we use in our products.

I have recently added four new ingredients to my products. These ingredients are now included in most of my health products at no extra charge.

Their major benifits are:

Better absorption of Calcium, Magnesium and Phosphorus
Better absorption of Vitamin D3
Improved Osmoregularity (controls cell hydration or water content of the cells)
Increased Thermoregulation: Allows a bird to fly longer without overheating or dehydrating
Increases the surface area of the digestive tract by as much as 5% - 9% allowing for better utilization of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, etc
Protect the intestinal lining from damage associated with pathogenic infection which otherwise might cause lessions and scaring of the digestive tract
Includes precursors (primary building blocks) needed for natural Carnitine, Adenosine, and S-adenosyl methionine (SAMe) production.
Increase the effectiveness of folic acid, and vitamin B12 in the bird's system

In addition to the above mentioned ingredients, we have added an additional source of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, etc,, to the Max Immune Plus product to supplement the original supply of vitamins and minerals already present in the product. What is exciting about this new souce of addtional nurticuticals is that they are micro-encapsulated which protects them from degredation and breakdown until they are absorbed into the bird's system. This means, that the ingredients are protected from breakdown until delivered to the cells which increases the availability of these ingredients to the birds.

Below is a list of micro-encapsulated nutricuticals we have added to the Max Immune Plus product:

alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, ATP, Boron, Calcium, Choline Bitartrate, Chromium, citrulline, Copper, cysteine, fatty acids, Folic Acid, glutamin, glycine, Glycocymine, histidine Inositol, Iodine, Iron, isoleucine, l-glutamine acid, leucine, long chain glucose polymers, lysine, Magnesium, Manganese, medium chain triglycerides, methionine, Molybdenum, n-Aceyle-Glucosamine, Omega 3, ornithine, Para-Amino Acid, phenylanine, Phosphorus, Potassium, proline, red apple, Selenium, serine, Sodium, sweet potato, taurine, threonine, TMG, tyrosine, valine, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B12, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Vitamin H (biotin), White Willow Bark Extract, and Zinc.

One of my customers re-ordered this week and they told me that they are very pleased with the health of their birds since putting them on Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper.

He went on to say that he uses my products like I suggest (Max Immune Plus one day a week in the water and Show Stopper two meals a week on the feed) but that he also sprinkles a tiny amount of Max Immune Plus in the water every day it has nothing else in it. He says the birds are the healthiest he has ever seen, better by far than when he was using medications and antibiotics.

I think he is right, recent studies I have been doing on probiotics suggest that a little every day is very helpful and even though my Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper products contain probiotics and prebiotics (this accounts for use three days a week during the race season), giving Max Immune Plus in the water more than one day just might be a very good idea. It certainly is cost effective over the rotation of medications and antibiotics that most fanciers give their birds with lesser results.... Just my opinon.

One of my east coast customers reordered today and while on the phone reported how well he had been doing in the YB season, so far. The best returns he has ever had. He ordered some Show Stopper and some Muscle Max.

At the same time, he reported just how "hot" the Muscle Max" product has been working for him. He said that the birds bounce back from even the hardest of races in just hours, when on the product. He did an experiment where some birds got Muscle Max after the race and other did not. He said the difference was easily seen in just a few hours.

Not only that, but Muscle Max is used on the day prior to shipping (or the morning of shipping). This is a Great product that is winning converts to our performance products line of products

We received news from one of the top fanciers in the USA, who may well have the 1st American Ace Pigeon in his category, that he had excellent results using Muscle Max in the Old Bird 2007 race season. So much so, that he has ordered additional bottles to keep on hand for the Young bird season as he knows this item is sometimes out of stock and he cannot be without it!

I have been very busy lately and have not been keeping this page up with tips from customers, however today I received feedback on a recommendation I made to a fancier just yesterday and thought I would share the results with you.

This friend has a bird with one of the top racing records in the country. Several weeks ago, this race bird was lost on a tough 500 mile race that saw only 12% of the birds home on the second day. Two days ago, this bird finally made ti home in terrible condition. When found in the loft, it could hardly get off the floor and this fancier feared that it might take weeks if not months to restore this bird to health. That is, if the bird did not die in the next few days.

Yesterday, we talked on the phone, and he mentioned the condition of the bird and that he feared it might need a long recovery period. I remembered what another customer had told me several months ago about using Show Stopper to recouperate a broken down bird. I suggested that my friend mix some Show Stopper in a little water and use an eye dropper to administer this slurry to the bird.

This morning, we talked again and the bird has made so much progress in the last 18 hours that it voluntarily took flight with the other birds for 5 minutes today. This fancier was amazed at the recovery he had seen in the bird!

I am not exactly sure how and why this happens, but I thought you might like to store these observations in the back of your mind for future reference should you find yourselves in a similar situation.

Of course, if you have my American "No Light" Green Pills you can accomplish the same results by dropping one or two of these pills down the bird's throat.

One of my customers called to reorder today and this is what they had to say about how their birds look on my products: The feathers are slilky, the feather pigmentation is rich, the eyes are dry, the wattles are snowy, the birds have a glow and the bounce of health. Sometimes, as I look at the birds and ask myself - are these birds real?

Thanks Tony, you echoed what others have commented on, the appearance of health that comes from weekly use of our all natural products.

I have recently added four new ingredients to my products. These ingredients are now included in most of my health products at no extra charge.

Their major benifits are:

Better absorption of Calcium, Magnesium and Phosphorus
Better absorption of Vitamin D3
Improved Osmoregularity (controls cell hydration or water content of the cells)
Increased Thermoregulation: Allows a bird to fly longer without overheating or dehydrating
Increases the surface area of the digestive tract by as much as 5% - 9% allowing for better utilization of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, etc
Protect the intestinal lining from damage associated with pathogenic infection which otherwise might cause lessions and scaring of the digestive tract
Includes precursors (primary building blocks) needed for natural Carnitine, Adenosine, and S-adenosyl methionine (SAMe) production.
Increase the effectiveness of folic acid, and vitamin B12 in the bird's system

Below is a list of micro-encapsulated nutricuticals we have added to the Max Immune Plus product:

Please remember, that our Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper products are not intended to be your sole source of vitamins and minerals. If you are using these two products, you can reduce any additional vitamins and mineral sources to one half the recommended dosage - once a week.

Received a call from a fancier back in November that had fallen on his face in a big money race that week. He was barely on the race sheet and he called around for advise from his friends. One friend, told him to call RacingPigeoMall. He did call and he ordered Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper.

I was pleased to see the other day that three weeks later when they had the second big money race of the series, that he was all over the race sheet and clocked more birds in the money than anyone. His first bird was in the top three and the rest of his birds were.... Well, he did very well. He did say that he treated for respiratory and said this helped his success. However, he said he did not want me to reveal his name because he does not want the competition to know he is using my products.

I understand his feelings on this matter. It has been my policy to not disclose names or other information that might reveal who my clients are (unless the client ask me to reveal this info), in order to protect their secrets from their local competition. Besides, my clients are more than willing to refer new customers (their friends) to me that are not their competition. This is the major way my business has grown these past two years, word of mouth. The best way to grow a business.

I recieved an email the other day that was so encouraging that I wanted to print it here on the website. I have removed flyer's names and the name of the competitor's products.

Here is what he said:

As you recall we were having Candida Yeast problems with our Young Birds in the middle of the season this year, so I treated them for the yeast problem, then put them exclusively on "Show Stopper" and "Max Immune Plus", instead of the [name removed] products we had been using. The birds really improved the last few races and looked better and better each week. The Last Race of the season was 306 Miles with a two-day ship. We shipped 30 birds and placed 1st through 22nd way out front of everyone else despite the two day ship, so the birds really peaked again at the end of the season.

I also got a call from [name removed] in Florida, He is a new flyer. I told him a few weeks ago to put his birds on the 'Show Stopper" and "Max Immune Plus". He said he ordered it and has been using it for 2 weeks now. This weekend was the big Auction Race. He had been training for this race and it was the only race he flew in YB's. He placed 1st and 2nd.

Reflecting back on the AU Convention Race, I realized that the fanciers who were using our Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper products, were top performers in the race. No, they did not win the race, but of the top four lofts placing birds in the money, two of those four were using my products (instead of medications), and I only had four handlers total using my products in this race.

There were 47 lofts sending 1103 birds to this race, there were 230 prizes paid out which means that 20.85% of the birds won a prize.

The top four percentage prize winners were:

11 out of 25 (44%) Used my products
7 out of 17 (41.18%)
14 out of 35 (40%)
9 out of 26 (34.62%) Used my products

I think what this shows, is that there is no "Magic Bullet" that puts your birds in the front, but Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper, puts all your birds in the best condition to win! You just do not get that many birds in the money if the whole team is not healthy and ready to outclass the competition.

Update to the September 23rd Announcement (see below): Received a call today that the birds are fully recovered and look fantastic! The fancier cured the problem by giving 2 teaspoons of Max Immune Plus per gallon (double dose) and then on althernate days giving Show Stopper at one teaspoon per feeding/ per 50 birds, for two feedings a day. So, he was using Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper on alternate days (at double doses) for five days and now all the birds are in super health.

Considering the extreme distress these birds were in, often leading to death, I am amazed at how quickly Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper, corrected the situation and brought health back to the loft. Fanciers are constantly demonstrating the usefulness of these two "all natural" products in dealing with the "day to day" and the "extreme" health challenges our birds face throughout the year.

A fancier (name withheld) called the other day with a health problem. His breeders were sick, they start out by throwing up their feed, then they stop eating, then their crops started holding water, and they were tilting their heads all the way back until the head touched the bird's back (as if trying to get the water to go down), and finally, birds were dying after about 5 days. I told him to put the birds on Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper, so that every day they received either Max Immune Plus or Show Stopper. Several days after starting the birds on this regime, he called again and told me that the problem was disappearing from the breeding section, birds were not tilting their heads back anymore, there was no water in the crops, the birds were now able to eat and no more deaths.

I am always amazed at the effectiveness of Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper. Fanciers are constantly demonstrating the usefulness of these two "all natural" products in dealing with the "day to day" and "extreme" health challenges our birds face throughout the year.

Wallace Soriano called today, he wanted to re-order more Show Stopper. At the same time he gave me a tip that I had heard several customers tell me time and again over the past few months. It seems that Show Stopper really helps the moult along. The birds seem to get through the moult sooner and the feathering is great.

I received a call from Nick Petrole today, he wanted to re-order the Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper products. At the same time he gave me this tip. Seems that Nick, has been giving Show Stopper in the drinking water when the birds come home from hot and hard races. He starts by stiring the Show Stopper in hot water and then adds additional water after the Show Stopper is well mixed. He gives this in the water for several days upon return from the races. Nick, believes that the droppings really firm up nice and the birds seem to recover quicker from these tough races. Thanks for the tip Nick!

I have added several new ingredients since the last time Nick ordered Show Stopper, including a new concentrated multi-mineral / Amino source, so there might be slightly more sediment in the water than what Nick has experienced in the past. Never the less, You might find this tip useful so feel free to try it out. You might like the results!

Question: Why I don't hype referrals? Answer: My customers don't want me to!

Joe Aguiar, called today (August 29th) and asked why I do not list testimonials from those successful fanciers using my products. Joe was particularly curious as he had sent me a wonderful testimonial earlier in the year (see bottom of this page) and had even mentioned my products in an article written about him in the Racing Pigeon Digest, this past spring.

I told Joe, what I am telling you now: In 2005 and 2006, I adverised twice a year in a pigeon publication. Almost all my customers have come from referrals or from people visiting my website. There are many fanciers using my products and to tell the truth, they just do not want me to share their success with the rest of the sport. That's right, my customers ask me not to tell how well they are doing on my products. Don't get me wrong, they refer their friends that are not in their club, but they do not want to give up the edge of letting their competition know just what health products they are using.

It makes me kind of proud to know that my customers want to keep my products a secret from their competition. That is about the nicest compliment I could receive. And, I like having them call me when they reorder and tell me how well they are doing. Some of these guys were never near the top of the race sheet until they started my simple, "all natural" health schedule and my #1 performance product.

I changed my instructions for using Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper recently. When I made up the original instructions, I did so assuming that fanciers would be using both Max Immune Plus and Show Stopper together. Sometimes, that is not the case. Sometimes, a fancier will be using just one or the other of these two immunity building products. If you are using just one of these two products and not both together (both together is preferable as you get a broad spectrum of protection not available in either one individually), then you should be using the one product three times a week during the race season.

If you were using both products, you would be using them together three times a week, so if using either one seperately, you should also give that one product, three times a week.

For example, my usual schedule for using these products together during the race season is to use Max Immune Plus on the day following the race and Show Stopper on the 3rd and 5th day following the race. In this way you spread the protection throughout the week leading up to the next race. However, if you were using just Max Immune Plus or Show Stopper seperately, then follow the same schedule: 1st, 3rd and 5th day following the race with just the one product. This will give the best results.

Having said the above, I will give you one tip that Joe shared with me today: He gives the Max Immune Plus three days straight following the race and if you look at the race results, you will see he is flying at the top (1st Champion loft, 3rd Average Speed and 3rd and 4th Champion birds).

By the way, just to please Joe, here is his testimony: "I have been using John's products for 3 years and have often placed many birds at the top of the combine race sheet including the first 4 places and first 5 places in the combine and Southern New England Combine Champion Loft. Three days a week on John's products and the droppings are perfect. Simplest health system I have ever found!"