My last pup had a liquid medication, twice a day. We had them make it fish flavored. She loved that stuff, it was so easy to squirt it in her mouth with the dosing syringe.
Current pup has 2 pills twice a day. He’s mostly deaf but can still hear that bottle open. He’s sneaky and will walk away to spit out the pills. He’ll refuse pill pockets. He knows all the tricks. I just have to shove the pills down his throat, then watch him eat a treat so I know he didn’t cough a pill up into his cheek or beard. Grumpy old man dog.
My cat is the same, but a method he can’t get around is crushing and dissolving the pill in boiling water, then letting it cool down and using a water syringe to put directly on the tongue. Worth a try if he’s beating every other scheme you’ve cooked up!
My last pup had a liquid medication, twice a day. We had them make it fish flavored. She loved that stuff, it was so easy to squirt it in her mouth with the dosing syringe.
Current pup has 2 pills twice a day. He’s mostly deaf but can still hear that bottle open. He’s sneaky and will walk away to spit out the pills. He’ll refuse pill pockets. He knows all the tricks. I just have to shove the pills down his throat, then watch him eat a treat so I know he didn’t cough a pill up into his cheek or beard. Grumpy old man dog.
My cat is the same, but a method he can’t get around is crushing and dissolving the pill in boiling water, then letting it cool down and using a water syringe to put directly on the tongue. Worth a try if he’s beating every other scheme you’ve cooked up!
I’m glad we don’t have that problem. I’ve seen several people commenting the same thing.