How do you pill the hard to pill dogs?

[slleipnir]

This may have been asked before, sorry if it has.

Zeke is really hard to get to swollow pills. I can't put it in his food, or in PB, hotdogs, cheese any of that as he eats around it. I try to get him to swollow but it takes forever and he often tries to trick me into thinking he swollows it but he doesn't really

Any ideas at all? He chews his food so putting it in something won't work D:

Josie is so easy. She needs pills everyday and I just put it in her food and she doesn't notice it when she eats.

[Kfamr]

Have you tried something like these?

Pill Popper for dogs:
http://www.amazon.com/Pill-Popper-ai.../dp/B0009IODV0

Pill Pro for dogs:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/cus...4507&s=kitchen


I've always just shoved to the back of their throat, tilted their head up, and rubbed their necks.

[critter crazy]

I've always just shoved to the back of their throat, tilted their head up, and rubbed their necks.

This is exactly what I always do as well.

[TFTpwnsYou]

If the pills are crushable, and it won't make them less effective you could always crush them and just sprinkle it over the food. Then he can't eat around or lick off. I hope that's an idea that might work.

[Karen]

Always done the

1. "Sit"
2. Pry dogs mouth open
3. Throw pill to the back of the throat
4. Clamp mouth shut with one hand and point the nose skyward while
5. Other hand strokes the throat until you know she's swallowed.
6. Pet dog and say "good girl!!!!!!"
7. Get glared at.

[Lady's Human]

The above method was adopted in our house as kids, because Freckles, the St Bernard, could pick a pill out of ANYTHING. Soft cheese, Baloney, supper, didn't matter. You'd think you got the pill down her throat and a few minutes later (When she THOUGHT no one was looking) the pill would fall out of the jowls and onto the floor.

[Freedom]

I use Teddy's unsalted Old Fashioned Peanut Butter. Make 2 small "meatballs." Hide the pill in the first one. Offer teh second one while the first is still in the mouth; so it has to be swallowed as the dog is after the second.

Does not work for Clavamox. Clavamox has an odor which they detect. For that, I do what Karen listed.

[Vela]

I tried pill pockets, and pretty much every other thing you could even try to think of, it fools Ginger for about 2-3 tries, then she figures it out and won't eat it. I just open, say ahhhh, and push it down her throat. Good thing she loves me or she'd bite my hand off while its in her throat.

[cloverfdx]

I just do the open mouth and shove done throat trick . We are pretty lucky with our guys though and they just eat their pills or put them into some cheese and they are gone.

[slleipnir]

Always done the

1. "Sit"
2. Pry dogs mouth open
3. Throw pill to the back of the throat
4. Clamp mouth shut with one hand and point the nose skyward while
5. Other hand strokes the throat until you know she's swallowed.
6. Pet dog and say "good girl!!!!!!"
7. Get glared at.

That's what I do (only I say good boy instead of girl ;D) but it takes him FOREVER to swollow it.

[Husky_mom]

just hold his head up and rub his throat to provoke gulping (swallowing) it shouldn´t take too long.......

I´ve read some others blow into their face so they have to lick and therefore swallow while trying to do that.......

[Canis-Lupess]

For all those that point their dogs noses up when they are trying to get them to swallow.

Point your face skyward so you are looking at the ceiling/sky whatever and then try to swallow. You'll find you can't. This is what happens to the dogs when you point their noses skywards. Thats why they might take ages to swallow...simply because they are unable to.

[CathyBogart]

I also want to reiterate that it is IMPORTANT to squirt a little water in there with the pill!! Ever try to swallow a pill without water? It can be very painful, and it can damage your esophagus.

[Karen]

Point your face skyward so you are looking at the ceiling/sky whatever and then try to swallow. You'll find you can't.

Yes I can! No problem!