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Zeke, sometimes can get past me, but I can always end up figuring out what he is doing. You all know that over the past several weeks he has been sick and injured at the same time.
Over the last 2+ weeks, the illness is totally gone, but, he has been having the occasional discomfort in his neck. I give him Carprofen and usually within 20-30 minutes he is fine. Ha!
Sunday evening, he was uncomfortable, looked sad (no trembling), and overall like he wasn’t feeling good. So I gave him his medicine, (I wrap the piece in a little bit of cheese). I fully expected him to settle on his cot and relax for a little while.
(Here it comes...). Not even a minute after he got his medicine, he was in his big bed rolling around, wiping his mouth off in the bed, grrring at himself as he was having too much fun, and then got his monkey and wanted me to play tug! I’d been had!
Not to be outdone, I just waited him out, and sure enough, this afternoon (2days later), he started acting like he wasn’t feeling well again. So I mushed a piece of cheese together, shook the pill bottle, and told him to take his medicine. He ate the cheese (with no pill), and within just a few seconds was trotting around with his tail back up, lol.
So see? He knew what he was doing. I’ll no longer be rewarding his little acts. He only trembles when his neck really does hurt and I’ll judge by that.
But yes, indeed, he outsmarted me. Pffffft
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Over the last 2+ weeks, the illness is totally gone, but, he has been having the occasional discomfort in his neck. I give him Carprofen and usually within 20-30 minutes he is fine. Ha!
Sunday evening, he was uncomfortable, looked sad (no trembling), and overall like he wasn’t feeling good. So I gave him his medicine, (I wrap the piece in a little bit of cheese). I fully expected him to settle on his cot and relax for a little while.
(Here it comes...). Not even a minute after he got his medicine, he was in his big bed rolling around, wiping his mouth off in the bed, grrring at himself as he was having too much fun, and then got his monkey and wanted me to play tug! I’d been had!

Not to be outdone, I just waited him out, and sure enough, this afternoon (2days later), he started acting like he wasn’t feeling well again. So I mushed a piece of cheese together, shook the pill bottle, and told him to take his medicine. He ate the cheese (with no pill), and within just a few seconds was trotting around with his tail back up, lol.
So see? He knew what he was doing. I’ll no longer be rewarding his little acts. He only trembles when his neck really does hurt and I’ll judge by that.
But yes, indeed, he outsmarted me. Pffffft
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