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lanerd wrote:
Ours too hates the pill situation. Like you, we use a piece of lunch meat by giving her two or three "samples" to get her going. We hide the pill in the third or fourth one and give the samples to her quickly so she will swallow without chewing. By the time we get to the pill sample, she is eager to woof it down quickly in hopes of getting the last sample. Works every time. No fuss, no muss.

Ron

I did the exact same thing with our last Bichon!
Worked every time.

I had a cat I couldn't pill. She'd die of some disease before I'd ever get a pill in her LOL!

Our newest dog (6mo old now) will not let us clip her toenails. I took her to the groomer and she freaked out, peeing all over the place and even squirting out anal gland liquid. Pew!!

Today dh and I tried and you'd think we were trying to tear into her soft underbelly and eat her alive the way she fought us! Tonight I will administer some kind of relaxant, melatonin or benadryl and see if we can get it done. At least she'll be sleepy for bed if it doesn't work.

Next step, the vet and sedation. Dogs are really odd creatures sometimes.

I hold our toy poodle's head and use other thumb and forefinger at the base of her jaw to pry it open. DW then shotguns the pill to the back of her throat. I have only been bitten a few times.:)

Crush the pill into liver sausage (braunschweiger)and make a small ball. Also make a ball or two with no medicine. Feed the non-medicated ones first. By the time the dog gets to the third one it does not care about the pill.

We tried the store bought treats to hide pills in. They never work.

DH inserts pill into small chunk of chicken or hot dog or vienna and down it goes

How to give the cat a pill:

1. Pick cat up and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.

2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.

3. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away.

4.Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten.

5.Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse from garden.

6.Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.

7.Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.

8.Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.

9.Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink glass of water to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.

10. Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Place cat in cupboard and close door onto neck to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with elastic band.

11. Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on hinges. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus jab. Throw Tee-shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.

12. Ring fire brigade to retrieve cat from tree across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil-wrap.

13.Tie cat's front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table, find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of fillet steak. Hold head vertically and pour 2 pints of water down throat to wash pill down.

14.Get spouse to drive you to the emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye. Call furniture shop on way home to order new table.

15. Arrange for SPCA to collect cat and ring local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.



How to give the dog a pill:

1. Wrap it in bacon.

Ours too hates the pill situation. Like you, we use a piece of lunch meat by giving her two or three "samples" to get her going. We hide the pill in the third or fourth one and give the samples to her quickly so she will swallow without chewing. By the time we get to the pill sample, she is eager to woof it down quickly in hopes of getting the last sample. Works every time. No fuss, no muss.

Ron