Giving Pills to Dogs
Betty from Rindge, NH
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RE: Giving Pills to Dogs
Just put it in a 1/2 piece of a vienna sausage, use the other half to butter the dog up , it works.
Post By Gijoe (Guest Post)
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As Tina says, to give pill some help going down, lift the muzzle higher with the palm of one hand under the chin and stroke downwards on the throat with the other until the puppy has swallowed. I rarely have to do this now though as my dog now watches as the pill is buried in some goodie and he then has to catch it. Down the hole without a blink.
Post by solus
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My daughter has a small older dachshound who had 13 teeth pulled. He needed pain meds and an antibiotic. After much trial and error, peanut butter, cheese, ice cream, lunchmeat, we tried cooked link sausage which we cut into small sections, inserted the pill and he took it with no problem.
Good luck
Post by patsAZ
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Liver sausage. Just a little hides the pill and it slides down easily. I have an older dog and am careful about anything sticky that might not go down quickly.
Post by Jantoo
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What i did was too make a peanut butter sandwich & put the pill in side of it . He thought it was a treat.
Post by Joyce wis
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I give our dogs their pills, both are on rymadi for hip and arthritis problems , both are youngish dogs, one will be 6 and the other will be 6 shortly after the first one . I give the pill in a spoon of moist cat food, a spoon of cottage cheese, or believe it or not a spoon of coolwhip. Works everytime ! My one dog , all I have to do is say ,want some cottage cheese , and she comes running for her cottage cheese . Rosa
Post By Rosa (Guest Post)
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I use a small piece of processed sandwich cheese slice and kind of smoosh it around the pill. My two think cheese is such a treat they don't even realize they are being tricked into eating a pill. I tried peanut butter, but the little one figured out she could lick off all the peanut butter and then spit the pill out!
Post by Persnickety Paula
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I would never open a capsule without the vet's okay - the medicine inside might hurt the dog's throat. There are lots of ways, other than just stuffing it down his/her throat, that you can use.
Post by tedsmom
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If your dog eats like mine,(wolfing the food down),and eats canned food,what I do is put the capsules on the bottom of her bowl,then the canned food on top of it.Mix it a little with a spoon,Been doing this for a whole round of Clinimycin for 20 days,and I have yet to see the capsules after she's done eating!You'll do fine.
Post By Lisa Brooks (Guest Post)
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I have always put the pill in a spoon full of cheese whiz. It has always worked for me. The dog loves the cheez whiz.
P.J.
Post by P.J.
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I stick a pill in a piece of a weiner, or I will roll one up inside a slice of sandwich meat!
Works like a charm!
Post by carolb
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Leave the pill intact. You can hide the pill in a large marshmellow, and give it as a treat, or you can open his mouth and hold it open, drop the pull in the very back of his throat and use your thumb to push it down, shut his mouth and hold it shut and rub his throat, he will swallow it. On occasion, if not pushed far enough down the throat, the pill will be wallered around and pushed back out, so watch the dog and see if he starts acting like something is in his mouth, if so, retry. The worse that is going to happen is you get your pets slobber on you and I'm sure that has already happened if ever he licked you. It is not as gross as it sounds, especially when it comes to the health of your pet.
Hope this helps,
Tina
Post by trbrown22
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