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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  After Callie's knee surgery they gave me a pain med that I had many many problems in the past giving her this pill and I told the vet tech that so she went and got this thing called a pill shooter and told me how to use it. No you don't shoot it down the dogs throat you put the pill in put it toward the back of her throat and slightly hit the end which lets the pill gently fall out and down the back of her throat. Callie is VERY hard to get to take pills in food because she only eats small bites and this is the only thing I have found that always 100% works and it doesn't hurt her. |
I use the pill popper too as Tink has to take a large tablet without food. If you do this, get the kind they sell at the vet's, it has a rubber tip....the kind sold at some petstores are all hard plastic and can scratch the throat.
I also use plain, all meat chicken baby food, 2nd stage, Gerbers. I give a couple bits without the pill, then hide it in the 3-4 taste. And I always offer another taste after the one will the meds in it. I don't like mixing it a large amount of anything, then they have to eat too much to get the entire amount of medication.
Mine tend to want to chew the pill pockets, even when I use a small piece to wrap the pill in. As soon as they bite the med, out it comes, lol.