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Hammered a Lot

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Buddy "The Wonder" dog is getting up there in age but still is smart enough to spit out his Meds or can sniff out his ground up Meds when it's in peanut butter, stews, canned dog food. Anybody got any tricks that a dog has not thought of?

A product called "pill pockets" buy them online for best prices. Be careful not to touch pill on outside of treat or its useless. if the pills are large cut them in half use two. Sometimes we used a emptyi pill pocket first to trick her. For our doggies they work the best. used hot dog dogs & everything else. Once they figure it out they rejected it. Pill pockets our dogs will swallow whole they love them. if you want to just try them out before committing to a large quanity petco or your vet will gladly overcharge you for the test.

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We went to a pharmacy that does compounding. We had them make his med into a liquid form (peanut butter flavored) so we shoot it into his mouth. We'll see how long that lasts before he resists this treatment.

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A product called "pill pockets" buy them online for best prices. Be careful not to touch pill on outside of treat or its useless. if the pills are large cut them in half use two. Sometimes we used a emptyi pill pocket first to trick her. For our doggies they work the best. used hot dog dogs & everything else. Once they figure it out they rejected it. Pill pockets our dogs will swallow whole they love them. if you want to just try them out before committing to a large quanity petco or your vet will gladly overcharge you for the test.

 

I second this. It's the only thing that worked for my dog when she got very old.

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I've never met a dog who wouldn't gobble something up in peanut butter so Buddy is obviously a tough cookie. Good luck with the liquid formulation.

Smart with a good nose Shepherd and Beagle First dose was easy. He did not know what was happening. Next couple he knew what was coming and it was a struggle but success. He is doing a diuretic which in pill form has a mint smell to it. Even ground up in peanut butter he could smell it.
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We went to a pharmacy that does compounding. We had them make his med into a liquid form (peanut butter flavored) so we shoot it into his mouth. We'll see how long that lasts before he resists this treatment.

Just a update Great Success. Buddy has lost 2lbs of water weight and does not look like a harbor seal anymore.
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