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haha! I tried that with my little Aussie.. she's too smart! When we have storms, she needs doggie downers. She just comes unglued! I've never seen a dog react to storms the way she does. She'll take her Ace in a piece of cheese just fine. But if I put it in a hot dog, she completely ignores it. Wont' even taste it!

 

chris

"Susan E. Garlinghouse, D.V.M." <suendavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> HA! Let me give you a five second tutorial on "making" pill pockets. Buy
> some hot dogs, cut them into 1" chunks. Use a sharp knife to cut a slit
> into one of them, insert the pill (or half of it, or whatever if its large),
> set it aside. Line up all the dogs in the household and start high speed
> feeding of chunks of hot dog. If the offered chunk isn't gobbled, the next
> dog in line gets it instead. Once the Target Victim figures out to grab the
> hot dog chunk while the getting is good, offer the hot dog with the meds
> inside, and immediately follow up with another non-medicated chunk. They'll
> never even taste the meds as they fly past.
>
> Susan Garlinghouse, DVM, MS
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 10:50
>  AM
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC] OT -- Question On Giving Dog Oral Medication -- THANKS!!
>
> Please Reply to: Laurie Underwood laurieunderwood@xxxxxxxxxxx or
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>
> Thanks to everyone who responded with help! One of the best things about
> the endurance community is its willingness to share information and
> experience.
>
> Here is what we ended up trying: part of Maggie's treatment for this
> condition is low fat food. The vet prescribed both canned and dry food from
> Hill's Science Diet called W/D. It didn't take long for my picky dog to
> reject it, and we were very concerned with her eating as we didn't want to
> give the pseudomonas any more opportunites than it had already taken.
>
> Went to PetSmart today to try to find something called Pill Pockets, which
> Lee recommended to me. My next stop was going to be the grocery store for
> liverwurst (recommended by Juli and
>  by Maryanne) -- which is pretty yucky in
> my estimation, but whatever, it was for the dog. The dog "talked" me into
> taking her to PetSmart -- I am very well trained, apparently. Unfortunately
> our local PetSmart doesn't carry Pill Pockets and then I realized I couldn't
> leave Maggie in the car while I schlepped to the grocery store for
> liverwurst. So I bought some "aromatic" canned food by Science Diet with a
> 5% fat content. It worked like a charm -- for now. I'm still going for the
> liverwurst and will order the Pill Pockets online.
>
> I am also going to take Susan G's advice and use a syringe, since my little
> rat won't take one of the pills which is now crushed and sitting in the
> freezer in fat free frozen yogurt. Those pills are just too danged
> expensive to waste!
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Laurie Underwood
>
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