Help! How do you give your bully pills?

Ftse 100

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I don't have problems with FTSE taking meds he just eats them but when it comes to food that's another matter but I did have trouble with my pug Pugsley he would not have them and then I bought liver wurst and hid it in that and he ate it also what about peanut butter
 
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Alright, pro-peanut butter people,

I dipped the pill in peanut butter, and I dropped it in her kibble. She ate it with no problem.

She's a smart one, though, so hopefully she never figures it out. :pray:

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Yep that's what I do too the cheese is particularly good as you can mould the pill into the cheese. But I have no problem giving George pills he will eat anything ;)
 

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Castor recommends raw meat but says Swedish meatballs or a small sausage might work too.
 

TyTysmom

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We also use cheese or turkey, wrap the pill up.


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2BullyMama

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This is getting ridiculous.

Initially, I was was able to give pills to Bella in her kibble. She'd gobble up everything in ignorance. [God, how I miss those days!]

In her brilliance, however, Bella started eating around the pills. Then, I started giving them to her in a spoonful of yogurt. Then, she started swallowing the yogurt and spitting out the pills. Feeling like had no options, I started putting them on the back of her tongue and lifting her head. This sucks so bad! It's messy and she hates it. It got to the point where she wouldn't come to me for her meals. She actually skipped a meal because she wouldn't come to me to get her pill.

The poor thing was getting a lot of pills, so I know she hated life. But now, she's back to getting just 1/2 an Apoquel with breakfast. Still, though, I can't get her to take it without putting it on the back of her tongue.

Please tell me there is a better way.

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Either watermelon or vanilla ice cream... both are cold so they just swallow


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2BullyMama

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Alright, pro-peanut butter people,

I dipped the pill in peanut butter, and I dropped it in her kibble. She ate it with no problem.

She's a smart one, though, so hopefully she never figures it out. :pray:

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natski282

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Never seen any dog that does not love OLD CHEESE , all I do is cut a square block ( depending on the size of the pill ) sort of drill a hole in it again size of pill , insert , pop in there mouth poof gone , you cane use what I call plastic cheese also that flat crappy cheese ya put on burgers on the grill terrible stuff . works great for My guys
 

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We use EZCheese
 
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2nd day, peanut butter still working. :D
 

oscarmayer

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2nd day, peanut butter still working. :D
We used to use peanut butter and had great results...but it was a little messy. I remember one particular morning while pilling Hoss I put a Cephalexin Capsule in a large blob of peanut butter and wiped it on the roof of his mouth. For about 30 seconds he struggled to get that stuff down, pill and PNB stuck to the roof, tongue working hard in and out of his mouth. Finally he got it loose and gulp...one last time his tongue came out, curled over his nose and back in. There he was looking at me with a PNB covered Cephalexin capsule planted directly on his nose...stuck there. He had no idea it was there and made no attempt to eat it.
I plucked it off and restarted the process, with better luck 2nd go-round.
 

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