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My kitchen bench looks like a pharmacy. Half the pills are OHs the other are for the dog who is recovering from a few illnesses and a knee op. As dog is a labrador we never have any trouble with pills. Just disguise them in his food and they are gone. I like the hold above the head method, that makes it a game.

And if OH starts scratching and chasing cars I will know he has mixed up the medication.

Never had any trouble over the years - take one small piece of bread, butter it and jamit, place pill cover with bread and offer.

Other method (which our vet admitted he used on his own dog when I told him) is take one soft centred chocolate, push pill in pill and down the hatchn.

*sighs....thanks all. What I have is a deeply suspicious dog in the normal course of things so tonight she has turned her nose up at...ham, jam, butter, sausage, treats and is now lying under the table, sneering and going ner...ner...ner...or a doggie equivalent...

I will tackle her in the morning :-|

Same as Amanda BC. ..cept I crush it between two spoons and then hide it inside the butter (generous amount) over a small chunk of bread....none of my dogs can resist it.

I also give them a bit of bread and butter as a treat now and again so they're not overly suspicious when I have to use it as a pill popping aid lol x

**edit...doh..didn't realise this page went over to page 2 and the butter didn't work lol. I'm at a loss now as that's always worked for my lot......sorry :-S

Buttercup - after all that I would definitely try the chocolate - don't make a big thing of if.

I used to hide medication inside a triangle of cheese spread for my dog and cats, altho cats were really easy to treat, holding firmly under one arm and tucking pill inside side of mouth and stroking their throats. If that failed I would use the cheese spread.

Good luck, hope you succeed soon

Liz

George doesn't like to take any form of medicine and at the beginning of the year after he had a growth removed from his leg he was on pills for a week, first day was fine as he was to doppy from the op to realise he was eating pills, rest of the week pills had to be given with a peanut butter ball

I suppose it depends what your dogs fav treat is. My dog happens to love cherry tomatoes, putting a slit in one and popping in a pill is thus easy.

it needs to be in something so the dog cant sort it out and spit out the tablet, something that will just get swallowed with enthusiasm! Try an undoctored tomato, if its a 'like' go for it.

Looks like George and my dog have a lot in common,Michelle. I caught her this morning when she was hungry and managed to get a buttery drug laced ham piece into her gob! Success!! :-D :-D

Good morning darling ... :-D

Any getting George to take his worm pills is always fun, not, if I crush them up into his dinner he turns his nose up at the dinner , though he gets nothing else until his hunger gets the better of him. If the pill is whole no mater what it gets put in it is spat out even after the food it has been put in has been eaten. Yet when we go to the vets for his yearly boosters, what does he do when the vet brings out the injections starts drooling - though this could because he knows a liver treat is given to him by the vet once the shot is done.

Good morning Campers :-D

Have sent a pm BC,glad to see you've finally had success :-D :-D..hunger works lol
Hope doggie gets well soon...

Mau XX

whyayyy Mau Pet... :-D

Hyaa Hayley Pet.... ;-) :-D.....just been watching James the gorgeous chef....good programme!

See if you can get some Aniseed Oil or its like ,put some on the tablets,should work,dogs love it.**M**.

Afternoon Hayley and Mau <3 Thanks for that tip, Merlin, I will look for some when I go out again. At the moment the butter and ham is working a treat so am keeping her a bit hungry for a little while :-D XX BC

Always useful as a treat (Aniseed Balls) gets them ready for popping pills.**M**. :-D

Good to see that you got a pill down BC.Another thought ,one bit of Penne Pasta(cooked of course).Pop the pill in the middle ,block the ends with something tasty,hold it high .......and hopefully down it goes ;-) ;-)

aw poor doggy having to take nasty meds, x

Don't be sorry, dear Stray. `With all the very good advice on here, her Tramadols are going down a treat and I have taken the Valium! Simples! :-D <3