another wee thing ive found is yb that have had lots of training and 3 or 4 races get fed up with the all the basket work and are just homing not racing home so i give them a week off and just give them the open door everyday for a week to do as they please get the bath out and let them play around this gives them the love of the loft and surroundings again without the stress and lets them chillax as the wee grandaughter says one short toss the following week and into the next race i do the same with old birds to if i think they are going off the boil works wonders