getting my puppy to eat her pain killers.

[china]

she is on tramodol after chipping and dislocating her hip but its very bitter tasting and she says yuck!! she loves cheese so thought of melting some into some cheese then letting it set, her leg is strapped to her body so she can only use three legs and she hasnt had a pooh yet and has had a tiny wee but theres still more in there, iv been using a towel under her tummy like a sling to hold her up.
anyone got any ideas for both of the above problems?

 

[Wishful]

For the pills, open mouth, insert pill as far back as you can on tongue, hold mouth shut and rub under mouth until she swallows. Then follow up with a treat (e.g. cheese) so she still loves you. They get good at swallowing the treat and spitting the pills back if you try and sneak it in!

 

[posie_honey]

shove them down the throat *well - i say shove - i mean like wishful's description lol*
oor - i wrap my dogs in a bit of ham or bacon = that goes down without them even noticing! they practically inhale it lol!

 

[LauraWheeler]

When charlie brown had to have pills i just put the pill in some cheese. I didn't melt it i just cut a bit off and pushed the pill into the block. Charlie loves cheese to so it went down a treat. My sister who is a vet nurse said this was ok but to make shore i didn't give him to much cheese as it is very fattening, so only give her enough to take the pill.
As for your other problem i have no idea i'm afraid. Sorry. Sending more (((((((((vibes))))))))) though. Hope she recovers quickly and is back to causing mischife soon. (although well away from any horses legs i hope).

 

[ladyt25]

As per Laura - cheese always seems to work a treat. Don't bother melting it. Just cut as small a chuck as possibly, cut a small hole in it to slot in pill (or use two small bits and wedge the pill between them) and feed. As long as the cheese bit is very small it shoudl go down without the need for the dog to chew it too much and hence risking the pill falling out.

I do think my dogs have got wise to this though and seem to be very skilled at scoffing the cheese and spitting out the pill so they know they'll get more cheese on attempt 2!

 

[china]

the only problem is she isnt aloud a whole pill, its a capsule and coz shes so small she has to have quarter of the powder from the capsule :S talk about faff! she has had another little we but still no pooh, so back to the vets for some lacsatives.

 

[Sarah1]

Get a bit of wafer thin chicken (turkey is a bit rich for them), give her a small piece with no powder on it so she gets the taste, then sprinkle the powder on a bit larger piece & wrap it up, give her that then another plain piece to finish off with, ta da!

 

[GLEEK]

We put our greyhounds in corned beef as its quite easy to squish tablet into and you can kind of seal the tablet into it. Then she gets a extra bit to make sure its gone down.

 

[Sparkles]

Always used to put my doggies meds in a sausage... then made it into the 'catch' game and went down in one hit lol

 

[galaxy]

I wrapped Harley's wormer tablet (which I thought was quite big, too big to push into a piece of cheese) in a piece of ham and he just swallowed it. Didn't even spend 1 sec in his mouth!

 

[wench]

my dog who was adept at spitting pills out ate them in one of two ways (he was very greedy). One, get a nice chunck of meat, small slice in in, put pill in it and give it to him, went down the hatch without touching the sides.

Other method that worked if loads of tablets (ie worming), get two biscuits, put honey on one, stick pills in, more honey on the other one, and make a sandwich. Dog used to love it, and ate the pills!

 

[abercrombie&titch]

waltham used to make tablet pockets... 'sweeties' with a hole in the middle to put the tablet/power in, and then you put the 'lid' on the hole and fed it to unsuspecting dog (or cat!)... otherwise try something with sauce (sardines in tomato sauce are good) to disguise the taste, and you can warm them up so they smell really nice (?!?)... as for the toileting.. she will find defacating hard as she can't squat so laxatives are good.. liquid parafin or similar will help to ease things along but she will get used to it... my GSD spent 12 weeks with external fixators (scaffolding) holding her hind leg together, plus she had 5 pelvic fractures, so she literally couldn't stand up for the first 6wks.. I should explain perhaps that she was brought into work in this squashed state - we fixed her and kept her!!! Hope you make a full recovery!