Whatever gets the pill into her! Our dogs were all adept at eating the peanut butter or cheese and spitting the pill back out. With Gracie (the Great Dane) we ended up with the following routine:
Trap seated dog between your knees.
Pry open mouth with both hands
Toss pill as far back into cavernous mouth as possible
Clamp muzzle shut, holding nose pointed upward
Stroke throat until you know she has swallowed.
It wasn't pretty, or fun, but at least it worked! Any other method, and we'd find the pill a minute later spit out somewhere on the kitchen floor. Sigh.
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