I`m not sure where else to ask this question but figured their are a lot of dog owners that frequent this forum. Do you guys have any tips on giving your extremely picky dog some pills. My old girl is starting to limp and my vet said i could give her some tylenol, vet wasn`t much help on how to get the pills in the dog. She seems to be able to find them and spit out pills even when hidden in a favorite treat. Any tips or tricks you use would be appreciated.
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If your dog is placid enough to let you, hold her lower jaw near the joint and gently hold it open. Done right, you can slip the pill into her mouth and back far enough on her tongue that it will go down, not back out.
If that doesn't work, empty the contents of a capsule onto a square of bread then soak it with a spoon full of bacon grease or beef tallow.
If that doesn't work, empty the contents of a capsule onto a square of bread then soak it with a spoon full of bacon grease or beef tallow.
I should have mentioned she is very fussy about eating, treats she like are hard one or a jerky type. I may have to try the capsule pills. She learned many years ago to lock the jaw, giving deworming pills an adventure.
Peanut butter or cheese.
Waving a cheese slice in front of our hound is an accepted method of checking to see if it is still alive.
If she does not go for the cheese, something is very wrong.
If you got a dog with a nimble tongue, that can pick a pill out of the works, melt it into some cheese.
Pretty much anything soft that can be used as training bait, will work as 'pill transport'.
Whether it's a pouch cut in a small piece of meat, bread squeezed tight around it, peanut butter, cheese, whatever.
Way easier than fighting to stuff it into their mouth.
Cats are way easier to stuff pills into.
Cheers
Trev
Waving a cheese slice in front of our hound is an accepted method of checking to see if it is still alive.
If she does not go for the cheese, something is very wrong.If you got a dog with a nimble tongue, that can pick a pill out of the works, melt it into some cheese.
Pretty much anything soft that can be used as training bait, will work as 'pill transport'.
Whether it's a pouch cut in a small piece of meat, bread squeezed tight around it, peanut butter, cheese, whatever.
Way easier than fighting to stuff it into their mouth.
Cats are way easier to stuff pills into.
Cheers
Trev
Tylenol isn't ibupropen, it's acetaminophen. That said get glucosamine with chondroitin for dogs. You can get liquid or tabs both of which taste like dog treats. My dog has awful knees and with this stuff he's like a puppy most days.
I just grab the muzzle from the top, thumb towards the front and curled around into the mouth, holding some lip between my thumb and the teeth. Take the pill with my other hand and place it deep in the back of the throat. While still holding on, tip the head back and stroke the throat. It takes about 3 seconds and there's no fuss. That said, my old boy will take glucosamine pills out of my hand like they are candy. He even crunches them.
gopherxs you should read the label tylenol doesn`t have ibuprofen in it. Vet recommended. Lots of good ideas, thanks guys. Dog is 11 years old and as i`m getting older i know what happens. I will do the right thing when the time comes, it will be awhile yet. Joint pain can really slow her down, she still jumped in the tractor this morning at chore time. No way in h*ll she`ll miss that ride.
With my dog I found that if I put the pill in something large enough that she would have to bite or chew she would find the pill and spit it out.
If I put the pill into something and made it as small as possible, then get her excited for the treat and when she would actually get it, she would just swallow it in one shot.
I would use a bit of bread or small piece of cheese slice.
Sometimes I would get her excited for a treat , toss just the pill in the air and she would just catch and swallow it right away...
If I put the pill into something and made it as small as possible, then get her excited for the treat and when she would actually get it, she would just swallow it in one shot.
I would use a bit of bread or small piece of cheese slice.
Sometimes I would get her excited for a treat , toss just the pill in the air and she would just catch and swallow it right away...
DonNB i had another dog like that she would eat everything. That is what got her put down, she wouldn`t have made the trip for help. This old girl will let food bounce off her nose so she can check it out and make sure it`s edible. Kind of a big suck, my fault.
It is better for a dog since it has a very strong digestive tract to give it coated asprins instead of the plain ones.Regular ones can give it ulcers. The 365 grain ones work well. Being a farmer my whole life critters tend to get their meds no matter how much they don't like them. You can buy a small pill gun for the asprins and then slip them in behind the tongue and they can't spit it out. So far cats seem to be the most challenge.
