On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:27:48 +0100, "Ophelia"
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>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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>> I need some help. My dog is on antibiotics; those huge gelatine
>> capsules. He can smell them. I have been successful for a couple of
>> days at a time embedding a capsule in peanut butter, canned refried
>> beans, cold mashed potatoes. Soon his greed no longer supercedes his
>> aversion to the capsule and it is a battle getting the capsule in to
>> him. What other canned food is out there that will tempt him and have
>> the same consistency as the aforementioned? I've got another week to
>> go on these capsules. I don't know much about canned stuff and the
>> only thing I can think of is spaghetti'os -- much too sloppy and
>> drippy to mould around a capsule. Help
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>Just how big is this thing? I had to give my dog some big stuff and had
>the same problems you have, certainly she wouldn't take them in any food or
>even treats ... so in the end, I held her mouth, popped in the capsule right
>at the back and rubbed her throat. She just swallowed it. If only I'd
>known before how easy that was!!! Depends of course just how big that thing
>is. All I can say is, if that won't work, you could speak to your vet.
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> Good luck, Janet.
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the capsule is an inch long and 3/8 of an inch wide; the dog is 80
pounds and he can clamp his jaws d**n tight. No matter how far back I
pop that capsule, it comes back out like magic.
Janet US