only way I can get my dog to take the pill that literally keeps her heart beating is to “drop” it on the floor and act like it’s a delicious and dangerous piece of human food I’m scrambling to recover
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I have to call another dog in and drop food to them and they get competitive while a pill is wrapped in bologna. They truly dominate me and I’m sure they laugh behind my back.
Not even hiding it cheese or p nut butter?
That is how we could sneak it into Buster. Except his chemo pill. We couldn't get that into him for love or money!
We have to do that as well but mix them with a small amount of water in a small squeeze bottle and squirt it down his throat. This was our last resort 🤷♀️
We used to have a dog who was the opposite. You could pretend anything was a treat and she'd at least try to eat it, including plain pills. She'd usually spit them out, but she'd give it the old college try first.
My system with wolfhounds is to drop a pill on the floor and scream, "don't touch that!" It's gone before my screaming is done. Pro tip: I've never met a dog that refused a pill when mixed into canned cat food, the stinkier the food, the better.
My boy Jet is the pickiest dog ever. Even peanut butter won’t work. Finally cracked the code by taking a small piece of bread and lightly dipping the corner in bacon grease, wiping it on the pill, and then compressing it into a bacon bread pellet. Works 95% of the time.
I do something similar. I make 2 little bread balls, 1 with the pill in it. I show him both and give the pill one first, then I hold the 2nd one in front of his face, so he gulps down the first piece and starts chewing the second. He has no self-control with his treats.
Yeah, Frankenstein is also a piglet, he just is very smart and picky. He will eat all the way around the pill & spit it out unless I distract him. It used to take a whole slice, but I've got it down to 2 corners now.
Thanks. I wish I still had his puppy picks it was more obvious name before. 2 tone dark brown body, black tail, pure white boots starting above his ankles, black face with a white goatee. His coat changed at 2 🫤
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That is how we could sneak it into Buster. Except his chemo pill. We couldn't get that into him for love or money!
Because every pet in the house will go for Churu, even with odd sandy bits of medicine inside.
I do have to guard it so someone else doesn’t gobble the meds.
We used to have a dog who was the opposite. You could pretend anything was a treat and she'd at least try to eat it, including plain pills. She'd usually spit them out, but she'd give it the old college try first.
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