Bad Ol Puppy Dawg!

[virgovictoria (Premo)]

My gal Lily just recently started taking thyroid medication for hypothyroidism.

So far, we've found that she's hidden a pill under her bed (that was embedded in cheese) and also stuffed in the corner on the stair. One morning I gave it to her and made sure she swallowed and turned around to walk away - and QUICKLY turned back around on her to witness her :patooey: it out on her own mane of fur!!!

This morning I gave her her pill, watched her swallow and even had her tongue hanging out as we prepared to go outside at a door more than 25' away.

What do I find when we come back in? Her pill, whole. But wet enough that it crumbles and I cannot give it to her.

My dog cheeks her pills!! She's like an old man who doesn't want to take his meds!

[jp2854]

Bruno does the same thing and shes a st bernard. But I have been lucky enough to find the pill before its too wet get it back in her mouth and down her throat all the way so she can't spit it back out.

[vraiblonde]

If they made dog medicine that tasted like cat poop, dogs would scarf it down no problem.

[jp2854]

lol vrai

[virgovictoria (Premo)]

Originally Posted by jp2854

Bruno does the same thing and shes a st bernard. But I have been lucky enough to find the pill before its too wet get it back in her mouth and down her throat all the way so she can't spit it back out.

I stick my fingers so far down her throat, it's plain silly!

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

If they made dog medicine that tasted like cat poop, dogs would scarf it down no problem.

With Emma that would work, she'd take Lily's pills for her! But Lily is an anti-poop kind of dog.

[desertrat (Premo)]

Originally Posted by virgovictoria

My gal Lily just recently started taking thyroid medication for hypothyroidism.

So far, we've found that she's hidden a pill under her bed (that was embedded in cheese) and also stuffed in the corner on the stair. One morning I gave it to her and made sure she swallowed and turned around to walk away - and QUICKLY turned back around on her to witness her :patooey: it out on her own mane of fur!!!

This morning I gave her her pill, watched her swallow and even had her tongue hanging out as we prepared to go outside at a door more than 25' away.

What do I find when we come back in? Her pill, whole. But wet enough that it crumbles and I cannot give it to her.

My dog cheeks her pills!! She's like an old man who doesn't want to take his meds!

[slotted]

Originally Posted by virgovictoria

My gal Lily just recently started taking thyroid medication for hypothyroidism.

So far, we've found that she's hidden a pill under her bed (that was embedded in cheese) and also stuffed in the corner on the stair. One morning I gave it to her and made sure she swallowed and turned around to walk away - and QUICKLY turned back around on her to witness her :patooey: it out on her own mane of fur!!!

This morning I gave her her pill, watched her swallow and even had her tongue hanging out as we prepared to go outside at a door more than 25' away.

What do I find when we come back in? Her pill, whole. But wet enough that it crumbles and I cannot give it to her.

My dog cheeks her pills!! She's like an old man who doesn't want to take his meds!

Can you grind them up and mix into some kind of soft food?

[migtig]

Is it a stinky pill? Or "doggie" flavored? I have learned with T if I want him to actually swallow any pills, I can't "hide" it in something else. However, if I act like it's treat time and make him do a trick and then toss him his pill, it's gone - swallowed whole with no problems.

[Cowgirl]

Originally Posted by virgovictoria

I stick my fingers so far down her throat, it's plain silly!

I have a bolus gun you can have.

[virgovictoria (Premo)]

Originally Posted by slotted

Can you grind them up and mix into some kind of soft food?

It's just a little pill and she's being willful. The whole soft food twice a day is just a messy situation. I was using peanut butter for a while, until she started catching on that there was something in it.

Just a funny ha ha to share.