harold1946 wrote: I have had good luck using the liquid form and a needeless syringe.
Negative on the pill shooter - dog could aspiragte the pill into the windpipe..
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We have two small dogs - as different as night and day.
One = really easy. Put pill in some soft cheese, gone!
Other = Mission Impossible!
No matter how well "disguised", she either won't accept the cheese (or whatever) -or- eats the cheese and spits out the "concealed" pill (she finds even 1/4 pills).
Solution...
Make your own "liquid form" as follows:
Place the pill or (sometimes only a half or quarter as prescribed) between two teaspoons.
(Just like the spoons would be "stacked" in your silverware drawer).
Push down - compress - the two spoons together until you have powdered the pill. Carefully deposit the powder into a small container.
(A drop or two of water into the container *first* will make mixing easier)
For the container, I use the small plastic caps that are on top of bottles of "pump" hairspray, etc.
Stir the mixture with the tip of your 1-cc syringe & then draw it up into the syringe.
Hold the dogs muzzle & give to your dog slowly via the *side* of the mouth.
For larger dogs - you may have to use tablespoons, larger container,
larger capacity syringe -or- break pill in half and repeat the procedure.
Works like a charm!
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Edit was: changed "ingest" to "aspirate" for the pill shooter.
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TexasShadow wrote: Just curious to know: what DOES your lhasa eat?
She eats purina dry dog food, the same food my other dogs eat. She also eats rawhide munchy sticks, which are too hard to stick a pill in. Occasionly, we'll give the dogs a french fry, or part of a white castle burger, and she'll sniff it for awhile, and maybe eat it and maybe not.
Code2High wrote: But once I got my technique down to get the capsule far enough back for her to swallow it, it became a non-issue.
It's ALL about the technique! Because I use my finger/thumb, I can feel when Ike has his tongue pushed forward, so once you get that rhythm down, you give the pill a shove as the tongue goes back; and down it goes. And since he KNOWS I'm going to make sure he swallows the pill, I think I could put it on the tip of his tongue and he'd just swallow it....LOL!! But he always gets a kiss on the snout for cooperating, then a yummy treat (his glucosamine chew which he REALLY likes because it's liver-flavored)
Go Dogs wrote: You will hear all sorts of suggestions-wrap the pill in various foods, open the capsule and mix it with something yummy, etc. Bottem line-if your dog does not want to be pilled, you will have to try something different. I have an English Mastiff,(185 lbs) that cannot be pilled. If it's obvious that your dog will not take a pill, no matter how it is disguised or shoved down her throat-you will have to go a different route.Dogs can smell the medication, no matter how it is disguised.
You'll get bitten, scratched, hurt the dog, or generally develop a bad relationship. Ask your vet for another suggestion.
I have a cocker who had ACL surgery two years ago. She has always taken her thyroid meds without an issue. After the surgery, the vet gave her cephalexin to take (antibiotic that smells like rotten eggs) I tried pill pockets, peanut butter, a pill gun, fingers, you name it. She would dissect everything you gave her to eat, whether it had a pill in it or not. It was ridiculous. I felt I had to get the antibiotics in her because of the invasive nature of her surgery - I did not want her getting an infection. What finally worked was this: I put a small amount of pizza sauce in a condiment cup. Took a slice of fresh bread and tore it into chunks. I put her pills in a piece of bread and layed it on the plate. I went to where I had her confined in an ex-pen - we had two other dogs at the time. I just pranced in and announced Hors' deurves....
Of course, the two boys came running over - I dipped a piece of bread in the sauce for each of the boys, and then dipped her piece with her pill in it. She readily took it and gulped it down, afraid the boys would get it. I think the pizza sauce on the bread helped to hide the awful smell.
There are times when the competition of multiple dogs helps you out of situations.
If your dog is taking the liquid benadryl though, that seems to have solved the problem.
Do you know what she is allergic to?
Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
If you need eye drops just for dry or red/irritated eyes, I'd recommend getting Genteal drops. Most Walmarts carry them. It's a moisturizing gel drop. The gel stays with the eye longer than the regular eye drops/artificial tears.
With dogs who have dry eye, this is helpful if the owner works and is gone for a full work day and can't reapply the drops. If you have trouble getting them in your dog's eyes, you won't have to do it as often if you use the gel drops. Try to get it done as quickly as possible but then give a treat and make a fuss. They may be more willing to come for eye drops if they know they will end up with a tasty treat.
Go Dogs wrote: You will hear all sorts of suggestions-wrap the pill in various foods, open the capsule and mix it with something yummy, etc. Bottem line-if your dog does not want to be pilled, you will have to try something different. I have an English Mastiff,(185 lbs) that cannot be pilled. If it's obvious that your dog will not take a pill, no matter how it is disguised or shoved down her throat-you will have to go a different route.Dogs can smell the medication, no matter how it is disguised.
You'll get bitten, scratched, hurt the dog, or generally develop a bad relationship. Ask your vet for another suggestion.
Now - *that* was a lot of help!..
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Actually, that was a lot of help. Sometimes, I just have to know that something can't be done. Unless we find some kind of food that she absolutely loves and we can stick a pill in it and she will eat it, we'll just have to limit our efforts to those times when it's life or death that she get the pill.
To raindove, the vet said it's probably just allergies to whatever is in the air in spring. We have to bathe her with special shampoo for a skin condition, and he thinks her red eyes are related to the same allergy. We gave up on the liquid because she reacted so badly. Back to the drawing board.
charlysmom&dad wrote: To raindove, the vet said it's probably just allergies to whatever is in the air in spring.
Tree pollen and molds? And probably, because dogs are always sniffing - they breathe in a lot more than we humans??
I'm allergic to tree pollen and was given a few hints to reduce the exposure by my allergist - could apply to your dog, also:
Stay indoors at night and run the air conditioner to cool the house - do NOT open windows. Cool air condenses the concentration of pollen at night/early morning. Also, try to stay indoors on dry, windy days when more pollen is produced-and-carried. (Don't let you dog sniff out the window on car trips?)
Use high-quality filters on your furnace; and HEPA-quality filters on your vacuum.
Rain is your friend - it washes pollen out of the air; but it creates molds. (Don't let you dog sniff around places where molds love to grow, like garden mulch??)
charlysmom&dad wrote: We gave up on the liquid because she reacted so badly. Back to the drawing board.
did you find the colorless, flavorless type off brand liquid benadryl? I think we used walgreens.
My boxer will not take any pills either - she eats around whatever is hiding the pill. Our lab/spaniel would eat anything I gave her.
Now, the boxer is allergic to benadryl, it does the exact opposite to her. We were recommended by the vet to give her benadryl on July 4th to calm her during fireworks. It flips her out (even before the fireworks begin) She runs around like a crazy dog. Dr said it was an intolerance.
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