Great video - just subscribed to your channel. My last sheltie needed thyroid med, half a small pill every morning. I used to hide it in cheese until one day I dropped it on the floor and she scarfed it up. After that I was 'dropping' her pill regularily followed by a treat and soon she would just take it out of my hand.
Feeding your dog meds.....not sure what to try next
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My boy found whole pill pockets to be a bit bulky, like being given a "big" lump of clay. In a nutshell, I took a small piece of pill pocket material and formed it around the pill. The end result was a pill that was both tasty and (small) easy to swallow.
Another thing you might want to try is (crushed in) apple sauce. You can buy it in little cups.
(I had to do that for my mom, because she had swallowing problems.)
Emmasmom
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Hope you come up with something Barb. I am lucky with mine - I stick a pill in the back of the throat and they swallow.
Have you tried sticking the pill in the back of the throat and gently holding the muzzle closed, while stroking the throat?
Have you tried sticking the pill in the back of the throat and gently holding the muzzle closed, while stroking the throat?
BarbV
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the problem here is that Bacca is 100% not food interested. The only treat he will eat is sweet pototoe and its really hard to bury the pills into that.
For now, canned gravy seems to be working, but I'm sure that will wear off in a few days and I will have to cycle back to something else. I'm just so tired of it.
BarbV
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Yep....dog actually holds it in his throat and somehow spits it back out. Truly!
Have you asked your vet to give you one of those pet pillers?
http://www.amazon.com/Mikki-Pet-Piller/dp/B0002AL6U6
http://www.amazon.com/Mikki-Pet-Piller/dp/B0002AL6U6
Sheltiemama
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Velveeta cheese either the original or the white...I think that one is called Queso Blanco or some such.
Malleable enough to squish the pills into a small ball. My boys think they're wonderful. We do pills every day with all 3 dogs.
Malleable enough to squish the pills into a small ball. My boys think they're wonderful. We do pills every day with all 3 dogs.
if you blow on their nose while holding their mouth shut its a reflex and they swallow..
im lucky besides Mia (who doesnt like anything) when mine hear pills they get excited and think they are going to eat...side effect of pilling molly for so long I created a bunch of addicts!! LOL
FutureMACH
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I'm lucky... I put them in the palm of my hand and hold it in front of his face and he grabs it fast because it might be a cookie.
For my other dog I have to wrap a pill in cheese. I make 4 cheese balls and only one has a pill. I feed them quick. Cheese, cheese, pill, cheese.
For my other dog I have to wrap a pill in cheese. I make 4 cheese balls and only one has a pill. I feed them quick. Cheese, cheese, pill, cheese.