Baby Girl won't take her medicine. HELP!!!!
If you follow me on Facebook, you know I travel with Baby Girl, a 55 lb rescued Catahoula mix. While she is really sweet (and protective), and she certainly has a mind of her own! This is one of thos...
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dturm wrote:
For those of you who said "just tilt the head back and put the pill in the back of the mouth" haven't met the dog where this is impossible. I agree that this is the easiest, most efficient, but there are dogs where this is IMPOSSIBLE.
The dogs or people end up getting injured. Sometimes the stress involved in forcing the medication isn't the best choice.
Just some experiences I've encountered.
I had a dear lab who was normally very laid back and extremely sweet, UNTIL someone tried to give him the nasal version of the bordatella vaccine. 4 grown adults could not hold him down - period! He became like the girl in the Exorcist - lol! Finally, several years before he passed away, a note was put in Chipper's file to give him the shot version instead, which he didn't mind at all.
