Cephalexin Tip
I never had problems giving my female pills until about 4 yrs ago when she had ACL surgery. She was on cephalexin post-op and she was absolutely horrible to give pills once she smelled them. It's ...
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Shoving them down the throat works on some dogs. But some are totally resistant. With Sage, after her surgery when this first started, it took two of us to get pills in her and we weren't always successful.
We're talking about an 18 pound dog. One of us would try to hold her still and the other would push the pill down her throat. She would twist and thrash around... to the point I was afraid she was going to hurt herself - and being post op from a major surgery, we didn't need any more problems.
DH has shoved them down her throat and some how she gets them back up. Even does this when we use a pill gun.
She was fine until that surgery at 10 years of age, when she first got the cephalexin. Now it's become a game to see how to get daily meds in her. She's old and I just don't want to have to fight her on a daily basis at this stage in her life.
We're talking about an 18 pound dog. One of us would try to hold her still and the other would push the pill down her throat. She would twist and thrash around... to the point I was afraid she was going to hurt herself - and being post op from a major surgery, we didn't need any more problems.
DH has shoved them down her throat and some how she gets them back up. Even does this when we use a pill gun.
She was fine until that surgery at 10 years of age, when she first got the cephalexin. Now it's become a game to see how to get daily meds in her. She's old and I just don't want to have to fight her on a daily basis at this stage in her life.
