"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 4/12/2013 11:51 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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>>> On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:27:48 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>> > wrote:
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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
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>> Yes it takes some managing I must confess. We used to prise open her
>> jaws, (with great difficulty) pop it in and then hold her jaws tight
>> shut. Oh yes, she used to fight and it always takes two of you (more if
>> you have them available) ... If it won't work, you need to ask your vet
>> what s/he would do. Maybe he can give you something a wee bit easier to
>> give him I wish vets would take stuff like this into consideration!
>
> I don't know if it works with dogs but when I had to pill Persia (the cat)
> in earlier years, I'd do what you described. Once you get the pill in
> their mouth and clamp their jaw shut, if you blow gently on their nose
> they swallow reflexively. This is assuming you can keep hold of the
> animal long enough to do this.

I didn't know about the blowing but yes, you have to be able to hold the
dog. After the first few times of giving it to her like that, she was
never very happy, but she did relax a bit more.

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