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Thanks for the advice.  Yes, it is a market steer that weighs about 1250#.  I will give a higher dose today and see it's effects  30 minutes afterward.  I appreciate all of your input.  I showed for many years, but never had a need for a calming agent so have never used one before.  This steer...

We used the  melatonin a couple months ago for clipping, getting used the blower, etc.. and it  worked well. I was concerned about using it for fair time as I could not find any info on a  possible withdrawal period and was not certain it was allowed in the 4h setting.

Tried the Focus today. Gave it in the AM and then 3 hours later had some new people come into pen while we were leading him.  Did not seem to make a difference, but only gave a 15ml dose. label says 15-30 ml so I will try the 30ml.

Our county fair is coming up in a few weeks, We have a 4H market steer that gets very anxious and jumpy in new situations.  At home, he is calm and we can do anything with him.  We have been working on exposing him to new people, things, etc.. I am considering using cattle calm or melatonin to...