How to give Jake a pill

Hee hee so true!

Hi Sandra

I had same trouble with sadly missed Bruce 2 , the way I got round it was to have three small treats with tablet hidden in second or third one, then throw them up for him one by one , he would catch em in mid flight and swallow quickly knowing there was another one about to go up in the air . It worked even better if there was another dog near hand and he thought he might lose out . . . .fortunately dogs learn very quickly so you might need a few different methods to out wit them.

Mac

Now then - I thought all labradors had hollow legs and caught and swallowed everything WHOLE ! I tell you - all my labs always have - unless they got a whiff of what I was up to ...then it was a different matter ......LOL

Hello Sandra...
In recent days Conker has been taking 8 tablets every day...
... so I guess it is a good thing that I'm able to put each pill in a blob of natural bio yogurt, on the end of my finger, and post it down the back of his throat....

...good luck with lovely Jake..xxx

I used to try all those tactic to give Paddy a pill Labdancer but nothing worked so now I'm afraid I just pop in in his mouth and hold it shut for a couple of seconds and he swallows it! Didn't think it would be so easy but it is. And to think, for years we struggled with hiding them in food etc!

Oh ! I reemember the cunning ways I had of giving Fluffy ( a previous cat) a pill. In the end the vet had to give her injections instead. lol
Good luck for tomorrow :o)

This gave me my laugh for the night,--------- good on yer !

I crush tablets with a pestle and mortar and add to small amount of pilchards in tomato sauce....always eaten in a flash!

I am still giggling! This is such a good picture of Henry and his worming pills! He found them and spat them out whatever we did....but ....we have it sussed now.

The solution? Garlic pate! He loves it - and gollops it without noticing the pill inside! LOL.

That made me chuckle.

Hi Puss has been having Antibotics in Capsule form but because his Jaw is broken & Stiched i couldnt hold his mouth open 2 pop them in :( so i opened the Capsule & tipped the Powder into the top of a Sringe & mixed with warm water which disolved all the powder after giveing it a good shake! This has worked great as all i have to do is Squirt it into the side of his mouth & he swallows it !! Job done :)

My mum was a vet nurse and said cats were the worse ones to give pills to so she used to put the pill in a knob of butter and it would just slide down the throat before they had a chance to realise the pill was there. I am a bit harsher there is no messing I just open the mouth shove the pill to the back of the throat. close their mouth and hold muzzle up and stroke their throat. Works everytime!
Good luck trying all the different suggestions and whilst you are at least he is eating well :~))

Giving cats is so hard, i hated giving cats worm tablets every 3mths but now its alot easier as like front line spot on you can now get worm spot on, much easier.

sandra i use to use bread for sheba, wrap it, tease her a little so she got so excited at the thought of this little treat, then threw it up for her and wam gone swollowed whole, no probs, try making jake wait and think its something really yummy :o)