Well, one of my dogs is on anti-inflammatories at the moment, one a day, and I had some trouble yesterday when she decided that she did not want it. I had given her a treat before hand and showed her that I had more if she was good. I tried to shove it down her throat when shechewed it and spat out two largish pieces amounting to about half the dose. I tired to give her these but she growled at me.
Now I am keen to make sure that my dog knows who is boss but you do not stick your fingers in the mouth of a dog that growls at you when you try to. So I figured I would hide it in food. So I go to the fridge and grab some camembert cheese as it is the only thing I have that she will want that I can push the tablet fragments into. I slice off a thin piece and fold it in half with the tablet fragments inside and give it to her (and some for the other dog so she doesn't get jealous). Well she chews it up and is obviously struggling to get her mouth around the sticky cheese (most of her food is dry and crunchy).
But she is enjoying it and I think that I have succeeded when you guessed it she smacks her lips and spits out a piece of tablet. I feel disappointed but figure that the other piece is gone so I managed in total to get three quarters of a dose. And that is when the other shoe dropped or more specifically after a second's mouth movement the other piece dropped to the floor. By this stage they were too mushy to do anything with and I gave up.
Happily this morning I got the dose in her no problem.
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Hmmm. Nice story - but a bit inaccurate as I am sure that my very well behaved (and practically angelic) dog would not bite you very hard. At first. You'd at least get a warning nip on the throat....
You are right of course LG your dog is practically an angel. But an angel wouldn't run into the house leaving muddy paw prints leading to the bedroom where she has jumped on the bed without being invited and the next day when allowed up onto the second, clean doona cover, throws up while I am out of the room. All the while looking innocent. Granted I didn't see the actual events but the other dog didn't have muddy feet in the first instance and was with me in the second. The prosecution rests.
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