Easiest way for dogs to swallow pills?

**dogzr#1** · 03-25-2006, 01:29 PM

thank you for all the different methods! When we first got her pills we put it in a slice of bread. Molly managed somehow to eat everything BUT the pill. silly girl then we tried the peanut butter and it worked like a charm.

the sausage one sounds good too.

**lizbud** · 03-25-2006, 04:36 PM

I usually use Velvetta cheese. It molds easily around the pill. Mine
will wolf it down asap.

**Lady's Human** · 03-25-2006, 04:44 PM

It all depends on how stubborn the dog it. The dog we had before Gracie, Freckles, a St Bernard, could fish a pill out of almost anything. It didn't matter what it was wrapped in, you gave her the pill and 5 minutes later you heard the click click click of the pill rolling across the floor. That's what led to Gracie being given her pills the way she was.

If PB works, keep using it!

**poofy** · 03-25-2006, 04:48 PM

I just open mouth and put it down their throat and hold a bit..very seldom do they get it back out..

**jackie** · 03-25-2006, 06:20 PM

I just wrap it in a slice of cheese. Bo will just swallow a pill by himself. Thay are definately not picky eaters.

**cyber-sibes** · 03-25-2006, 07:04 PM

Depends on the dog here. Sherman will swallow anything, so PB, hot dogs, bread, it all works. Star however will carefully remove the pill no matter what it's hidden in, even wrapped in bits of chicken and beef, sooooooo we have to use the pry-open-mouth-and-toss-into-back-of-throat method with her! ( Like Karen said.)

**Glacier** · 03-25-2006, 07:11 PM

If they are small pills, Rollover works well. I cut into chunks and hide pills in it every day. I have three who need daily meds for the rest of their lives. Goldie will not eat the lamb rollover so we stick to the original or the beef. The rest of them get the old "open mouth and toss the pill in " method--like Mac and his handful of anti-biotics right now!

**pitc9** · 03-26-2006, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by cyber-sibes

Depends on the dog here. Sherman will swallow anything, so PB, hot dogs, bread, it all works. Star however will carefully remove the pill no matter what it's hidden in, even wrapped in bits of chicken and beef, sooooooo we have to use the pry-open-mouth-and-toss-into-back-of-throat method with her! ( Like Karen said.)

Yup!! Same here!! Buddy is like Sherman and Sierra is like Star. As soon as Sierra hears a bottle of pills she runs away!!