It's funny how dogs who would normally devour any meal seem to know when you try to sneak in some meds. Even the teeny tiniest pill imaginable. True story, it happened to a friend of mine. Concerned that lil Chico wasn't ever going to budge, she tried everything from the popular peanut butter coating to pill pockets, but her pup refused and the daily battle began.
Just when it seemed that her min pin's determination won out, she called the vet, who recommended this simple trick that actually worked: after placing the pill in the dog's open mouth, hold him and lightly blow on his nose. For some reason, this prompts the pet to swallow and helps the medicine go down. It's probably for the best — a spoonful of sugar wouldn't be good for canines anyway.
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haha, that's so funny! I give my dogs a little peanut butter daily so that way when I need to slide a pill in, they have no reason to suspect it.
Another trick I learned is if a dog won't let go of a toy a bone that he's grabbed a hold of, blow in the ear. For some reason they immediately let go and jerk their head away.
1I used to work at vet clinics during college (thought I wanted to be a veterinarian) and this is often used to pill dogs. When I got my puppy I trained her to think pills were treats and all I have to do is place it in the back of her mouth and blow on her nose and it's gone! Really simple!
2I've done this without the blowing on the nose part. never seems to work... guess next time I'll try it.
My two dogs are getting really weird about taking their pills wrapped in cheese or other things.
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