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Post by jodav on Jul 25, 2014 15:03:47 GMT -5
Sorry to come back to this old tablet swallowing subject but I'm out of ideas except to put the tablet in the mouth, close the mouth quick and massage the throat. Said tablet to be coated in peanut butter or something delicious. Has anyone tried this? Paddy will usually eat just about anything but after a few months on numerous side-effect inducing medications for an injury, he had digestive troubles and now he's reluctant. I have tried - crushing up/ cutting in half or quarters with kibble and strong flavoured toppings or hiding it in a piece of roast chicken, peanut butter and markees, sardines, pilchards, bread, cheese etc. Tracy used to eat the food around the tablet and spit it back out but lately she just won't touch any of the food at all. Both dogs used to eat the tablets if they were disguised - maybe the composition of the tablets has changed?
Jo
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Post by samburns on Jul 25, 2014 15:24:43 GMT -5
Oh Jo, we have daily tablet wars here... not fun. We have to keep changing treats for Dickie. Some tablets must smell more than others, antibiotics seem to be the worst. I can't remember who suggested it but what has worked for us is to put the tablets in the fridge (I've searched to see if that has any effect on the medicine but cannot find anything suggesting it does) .... when they are chilled they seem to not notice the smell of them so much. And then tablets are sometimes broken down to small pieces if they are big ones that can be broken down and we use a variety of things to try and hide them in from bread with pate, sausages but little bits of our left overs seem to work best....lasagne is a favourite!
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Post by greybeard on Jul 25, 2014 16:31:51 GMT -5
After trying loads of things,blue cheese worked for Kiz.She couldn't get enough of it,and Perry had to have some too.They'd queue up for it in the morning!Cath
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Post by jodav on Jul 26, 2014 13:24:39 GMT -5
Oh Jo, we have daily tablet wars here... not fun. We have to keep changing treats for Dickie. Some tablets must smell more than others, antibiotics seem to be the worst. I can't remember who suggested it but what has worked for us is to put the tablets in the fridge (I've searched to see if that has any effect on the medicine but cannot find anything suggesting it does) .... when they are chilled they seem to not notice the smell of them so much. And then tablets are sometimes broken down to small pieces if they are big ones that can be broken down and we use a variety of things to try and hide them in from bread with pate, sausages but little bits of our left overs seem to work best....lasagne is a favourite! Thanks so much Sam, fantastic advice as always. The second lot of tablets (the first lot were unsalvageable  ) are chilling and I have sausages and pate lined up. Thank you also Cath - I have some heavy-ammunition cheese as well. The things we do for our hounds eh .. cos we love 'em  |
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Post by vickyb on Jul 26, 2014 17:51:33 GMT -5
Vet told me to keep ab's in the fridge if they're difficult with them as they smell less. We have great success getting tablets down them using little jars of sandwich spread. They like all of them but I find salmon is particularly popular and its smelly! I wish they'd stop making these 'flavour' tablets as they're invariably bigger than the regular ones so harder to get down and ours hate them all  Maddie is having a month on Rimadyl so I got our vet to do a special order of the generic version Carprieve which they don't stock because they're lovely small white tablets and I can get them down her no problem. I couldn't face a month of trying to get huge rimadyl down her  |
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Post by samburns on Jul 26, 2014 19:08:36 GMT -5
I hope it worked Jo  Dickie has Carprieve Vicky and Katy is now on Incurin and both of those are great - very small tablets. Dickie is also on Gabapentin which he was fine with but I think he must have crunched open a capsule and I imagine it must be bitter as he is now refusing any of his usual treats (even when offered with no tablets!). I totally agree, its those big 'flavour' ABs that we have really really struggled with.....chilling them did help though. |
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Post by jodav on Jul 27, 2014 5:22:13 GMT -5
I hope it worked Jo Yes Sam it did work, thank you so much. It was a master-stroke chilling the tablets  In the end I used a small pack of Camembert (expensive I know but so are the tablets!) Half a tablet was hidden easily inside the squidgy cheese with strong pate waiting as back-up for the other half of the tablet if necessary. Tracy drooled when she smelt the cheese and swallowed straight down which is a great result as she's the most stubborn. Like Cath said about hers, Paddy was queuing in the kitchen offering a paw for his pieces of cheese and he swallowed straight down as well. I sympathise with all that has been said about the struggle to help the dogs take essential medicines. I'm sure Paddy gave me some treacherous looks a while back, for ruining his tea with some horrible flavours - abs, anti-inflammatories and pain killers - and now he's wary! Sounds like Dickie is a bit suspicious as well bless him! Thanks Vicky for the tip on sandwich spread - definitely going to try that in the future as well. Jo |
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Post by samburns on Jul 27, 2014 5:51:36 GMT -5
Brilliant  |
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Post by greybeard on Jul 27, 2014 11:39:48 GMT -5
So glad Sam and I managed to help you.When Perry ended up on abs after his dental we didn't have any blue cheese - tried salmon spread which we did have,but not as effective as the cheese. Conclusion - he has expensive tastes when it comes to tablet disguising.But like you said - he's worth it.Cath
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Post by ritab on Jul 28, 2014 4:53:01 GMT -5
With my previous dog (who could sniff out pills and leave them if in food) I used to have a treat in each hand - give the first one with the pill in which she swallowed immediately so she could have the second treat. Just another idea for anyone who is desperate. Still had to be a nice treat though - cheese usually worked OK.
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Post by julies on Jul 28, 2014 15:59:00 GMT -5
Soft cream cheese, add a crushed tablet and stick it to your dogs teeth ... they usually swallow it as they try to get it off their teeth |
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Post by spill on Jul 29, 2014 9:57:49 GMT -5
Laughing Cow cheese triangles worked for us (cheaper than camembert - though, can I come live with you?) Tansy, towards the end, was on so many things she damn near rattled, but you can slide a surprising amount of pills into one of those gooey horrors, especially if you go in from the side... |
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Post by russd on Jul 29, 2014 13:21:32 GMT -5
"though, can I come live with you ?"
russd, jodav's other half would just like to say that just because the dogs get camembert, sausages, home cooked parmesan biscuits etc, etc,
some of us DON'T !!!!
ps, they REALLY enjoyed the camembert !
russ.
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Post by greybeard on Jul 29, 2014 18:03:24 GMT -5
Russ - know I suggested blue cheese but don't like camembert or gorgonzola.Ended up buying Danish blue,Stilton etc when the boys were still here - never any cheese when I fancied some,they hated the blue.But found out the dogs loved it.And I'll never forget Sue's Mark being horrified that we got blue cheese for the dogs!Cath
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