Ranger has partial kidney failure, which we're treating with medicated dog food. That's the easy part.
We also have to give her twice a day an antibiotic pill, and once a day a supposedly chewable tablet for her arthritis and another chewable to help with bladder control.
Can I say it'd be easier to shove a watermelon down a garden hose than to get Ranger to take these pills?
Regarding the non-chewable pill, we've tried:
1) Hiding it in cheese -- she spits it out
2) Hiding it in hot dogs -- she caught on and now refuses to eat hot dogs
3) Crushing it and adding to her food -- she somehow "eats around" the medicated part
4) Crushing it and mixing it into peanut butter -- she spits it out
So I'm resorted to showing the pill down her throat and holding her head p until she swallows. It's not pleasant for either of us and eventually her annoyance with me is going to overcome her love and she'll bite.
Any ideas?
1 comment:
You have my sympathies. Maybe you've already tried this, but I think that when you hold her head up after putting the pill in her mouth way back, try massaging her throat gently (while keeping her mouth closed)for a minute. From experience this should cause her to swallow the pill. It could be that she is so smart that she'll even figure how to fool you on that one too (also from experience). Good luck.
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