March 11, 2008 at 6:27 am
Greetings,
Just dip the pill into peanut butter or strawberry jam (It is harder to make the jam stick on the pill than peanut butter) and give it to the dog. If it does not work because the dog refuses it or spit it out after sucking the peanut butter, begin with treat cookies with a little bit of peanut butter on it. The dog will be so used to get the treat awith the peanut butter that next time he will get the medication, he will swallow it.
However, I can say I almost never had to do that last part. Most of dogs (Exccept Steve Jones one...hehehehe) love peanut butter and they will get right through the pill. Sometimes, the dog can drop the pill on the ground, just pick it up and give it to him right away.
Dogs are creature of habbits, constance and strick structure. They are like us DBAs: They strive when there is a definite framework. If the habbit is not there, create it. Use another abbit to bring a new one (He loves cookies, bring him to love piils with a common denominator:peanut butter).
My dogs come everywhere with us. They are afraid of almost nothing. I even got them used to firearms shots by using a nailgun when I do woodworking as much as I can in their presence. If we have a home invasion, I think the dogs know better than us what to do (And it is not to run toward the intruder because we don't want our dogs between us and the intruder - Here I think only American will understand what I mean).
At the shelter, a lot of volounteers could not shove into the dogs throat the pills (Sorry, I have no idea about cats because I am so allergic to them that I am never going closer than 20 feet of a cat.) and that trick was there when I arrived. I have no idea who worked on it first, but they all use it.
Thank you
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March 17, 2008 at 6:24 am
Steve -
I'm sure you are giving a "bute" paste (or horse aspirin). Ask your vet for the flavored powder. I find that apple flavored bute powder works well. We sprinkle it on the grain and shake to coat most of the grain.
MG
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March 17, 2008 at 8:17 am
never heard of that. For whatever reason my wife has the tubes, but I'll mention the powder. That sounds more fun than putting on a halter and sticking my fingers in their mouths!
March 17, 2008 at 8:19 am
A whole lot more "fun". Especially since they can't spit it out all over you (yuck!):D
MG
"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."
Tony Hoare
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
December 27, 2012 at 6:26 am
I had to force feed a good sized snake once. The trick is pushing a rubber tube down into his gullet. A new use for KY jelly.
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December 27, 2012 at 7:00 am
Analogies on how to get animals to take pills is good stuff to know, I guess, but is SQL Server material getting a little hard to come by nowadays? 😀
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December 27, 2012 at 10:34 am
TravisDBA (12/27/2012)
Analogies on how to get animals to take pills is good stuff to know, I guess, but is SQL Server material getting a little hard to come by nowadays? 😀
At least we did not get the "cleaning out the stall every other day" story. That might be a little much. 🙂
M.
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