For pills I use Kraft cheese slices. They’re malleable and it’s easy to wrap some around a pill. I also used small pieces of it as treats so my pup already associated them as good. You may want to try using some as treats so when it comes to pill giving your dog will be more enthusiastic to eat it right away.
Theo has a soft tissue injury
My trainer in obedience class noticed Theo was walking funny throwing one leg out as he heeled next to me. Then I saw he was sitting funny, like a floppy puppy so we made a vet appointment.
He was sedated for an X-ray which was normal. The vet called it a soft tissue injury and he’s on two weeks of bed rest and Galliprant medication. No running, jumping, stairs etc.
I have no idea when or how he was injured. He never cried, I saw no accident. He was jumping and bouncing around like normal. I assume he wasn’t feeling much pain, or enough pain to avoid jumping on and off couches or rearing up to walk on his hind legs when he wanted.
I have him tethered to me on a 6’ leash. I’m so glad I had him tethered as a puppy for several months because he understands what it means and doesn’t fight it.
However he still wants to be active. It’s driving me nuts trying to stop all his jumping. I have to be quick to get him up or down before he does it himself.
I’m also thankful I can carry him up and down stairs.
What I didn’t expect was how it would change the dynamics with my other minipoo Babykins. I’ve had to stop them playing and they miss it terribly. She’s upset because Theo is often in her spot (tethered and can’t move). The dogs are used to going back and forth between couches and dog beds so they each get special time with Me and that’s disrupted.
We normally have an active schedule, and now we stay home, doing nothing. The only thing we have been able to do is a little Scentwork. But I have to be careful where I set hides so he doesn’t jump up or want to run and bounce while hunting.
We have one more week to go and I can’t wait. It’s exhausting to keep a 2 yo minipoo on bed rest when he doesn’t understand and wants to be active. I hope we all survive this last week.
He was sedated for an X-ray which was normal. The vet called it a soft tissue injury and he’s on two weeks of bed rest and Galliprant medication. No running, jumping, stairs etc.
I have no idea when or how he was injured. He never cried, I saw no accident. He was jumping and bouncing around like normal. I assume he wasn’t feeling much pain, or enough pain to avoid jumping on and off couches or rearing up to walk on his hind legs when he wanted.
I have him tethered to me on a 6’ leash. I’m so glad I had him tethered as a puppy for several months because he understands what it means and doesn’t fight it.
However he still wants to be active. It’s driving me nuts trying to stop all his jumping. I have to be quick to get him up or down before he does it himself.
I’m also thankful I can carry him up and down stairs.
What I didn’t expect was how it would change the dynamics with my other minipoo Babykins. I’ve had to stop them playing and they miss it terribly. She’s upset because Theo is often in her spot (tethered and can’t move). The dogs are used to going back and forth between couches and dog beds so they each get special time with Me and that’s disrupted.
We normally have an active schedule, and now we stay home, doing nothing. The only thing we have been able to do is a little Scentwork. But I have to be careful where I set hides so he doesn’t jump up or want to run and bounce while hunting.
We have one more week to go and I can’t wait. It’s exhausting to keep a 2 yo minipoo on bed rest when he doesn’t understand and wants to be active. I hope we all survive this last week.
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Loonie, alas, you have never met my silly boy Theo. Wrapping in cheese works easily with my girl Babykins, but Theo would suck the cheese off and spit out the pill. He’s hard core difficult. And he gets cheese as a treat sometimes so he’s not suspicious of cheese. Plus when pilling I give several pieces with no pill then randomly give him the pill hoping he will eat it not realizing a pill is inside.For pills I use Kraft cheese slices. They’re malleable and it’s easy to wrap some around a pill. I also used small pieces of it as treats so my pup already associated them as good. You may want to try using some as treats so when it comes to pill giving your dog will be more enthusiastic to eat it right away.
Glad to hear that Theo is on the mend. Asta gets his pills in Liverwurst and doesn't fuss - I just need to remember to have liverwurst on hand.
I coat the pill in braunschweiger, hold it in my hand with a spoon lick immediately on the horizon after the pill. Buck quickly takes the coated pill, and then eagerly licks the spoon which has just a whiff or a crumb of the braunschweiger. He always ate the cheese and left the pill. Not comfortable jamming pills down his throat or buying special pill jackets. Something you have in the refrigerator is going to work,
I haven’t tried offering him his covered pill on a spoon. He’s not that crazy about Braunschweiger. I used to use it as a treat in training but he preferred nudges or pupperoni.I coat the pill in braunschweiger, hold it in my hand with a spoon lick immediately on the horizon after the pill. Buck quickly takes the coated pill, and then eagerly licks the spoon which has just a whiff or a crumb of the braunschweiger. He always ate the cheese and left the pill. Not comfortable jamming pills down his throat or buying special pill jackets. Something you have in the refrigerator is going to work,
I’ve had a terrible-to-pill-dog. You don’t know until you’ve lived it. It doesn’t matter what tricks you have or what food you use or whatever. My JRT was the most discerning pill finder ever. Back to back dummies and loaded cheese/meat/peanut butter/butter/you name it. She would deftly pop out any pill and then look for the next bit. She would take the pilled treat, then the unpilled dummy, then the pill would ptooey right out - it was unreal. Plus she was little so it was darn near impossible to get large capsules in her since they were as big as her throat! And I would feel absolutely terrible if they broke during these shenanigans and made her paw at her face and her eyes water.
Phoebe is particular so we don’t use hartguard (heartgard?) since it is so large and hard to pill because it crumbles. At least she’s just particular and not a magician like my JRT was (and it sounds like Theo is!)
Phoebe is particular so we don’t use hartguard (heartgard?) since it is so large and hard to pill because it crumbles. At least she’s just particular and not a magician like my JRT was (and it sounds like Theo is!)
Reading this makes me feel I have company in the terrible-to-pill-dog. You understand. No matter what special treat, he has figured how to separate the pill and spit it out.I’ve had a terrible-to-pill-dog. You don’t know until you’ve lived it. It doesn’t matter what tricks you have or what food you use or whatever. My JRT was the most discerning pill finder ever. Back to back dummies and loaded cheese/meat/peanut butter/butter/you name it. She would deftly pop out any pill and then look for the next bit. She would take the pilled treat, then the unpilled dummy, then the pill would ptooey right out - it was unreal. Plus she was little so it was darn near impossible to get large capsules in her since they were as big as her throat! And I would feel absolutely terrible if they broke during these shenanigans and made her paw at her face and her eyes water.
Phoebe is particular so we don’t use hartguard (heartgard?) since it is so large and hard to pill because it crumbles. At least she’s just particular and not a magician like my JRT was (and it sounds like Theo is!)
I bought a seresto collar for him so I can avoid that huge pill. I dread if there comes a time I have to give him daily medication. Thankfully small pills I can put near his throat and get him to swallow.
Mia is hard to pill and on daily meds. I cut her pills into smaller chunks and wrap the chunks in ground meat/mince. Thankfully she is a standard, so a handful of meatballs twice/day is ok. I'd estimate the success rate as around 80% this way.
You have to be careful cutting pills, some need to remain whole in order to provide a proper dose while others are okay to chop up. Especially time release pills - never cut them up. Best to ask your vet or pharmacy if it's safe to cut up or grind.Mia is hard to pill and on daily meds. I cut her pills into smaller chunks and wrap the chunks in ground meat/mince. Thankfully she is a standard, so a handful of meatballs twice/day is ok. I'd estimate the success rate as around 80% this way.
Meatballs are a good pill pocket. Thanks
That's a good reminder to anyone reading this thread. Thank you.You have to be careful cutting pills, some need to remain whole in order to provide a proper dose while others are okay to chop up. Especially time release pills - never cut them up. Best to ask your vet or pharmacy if it's safe to cut up or grind.
I am so happy for all of you that Theo is doing so well 💗!
Hurrah for Theo feeling better!
In my early teens I had a Siamese cat who was nigh on impossible to pill. On one vet visit the patronising and supercilious male vet prescribed AB tablets and I explained how tricky she was and asked him to show me how to get them into her. "It's extremely simple", he said "you hold the cat like this and the tablet so then you just open the cat's mouth and..." There was a split second of violent activity, then the pill was in one corner, the cat in another and the rather less supercilious vet was sucking a long gash on his thumb. Back to the burrito after that.
In my early teens I had a Siamese cat who was nigh on impossible to pill. On one vet visit the patronising and supercilious male vet prescribed AB tablets and I explained how tricky she was and asked him to show me how to get them into her. "It's extremely simple", he said "you hold the cat like this and the tablet so then you just open the cat's mouth and..." There was a split second of violent activity, then the pill was in one corner, the cat in another and the rather less supercilious vet was sucking a long gash on his thumb. Back to the burrito after that.
Thanks Streetcar.
🤣😂😅Hurrah for Theo feeling better!
In my early teens I had a Siamese cat who was nigh on impossible to pill. On one vet visit the patronising and supercilious male vet prescribed AB tablets and I explained how tricky she was and asked him to show me how to get them into her. "It's extremely simple", he said "you hold the cat like this and the tablet so then you just open the cat's mouth and..." There was a split second of violent activity, then the pill was in one corner, the cat in another and the rather less supercilious vet was sucking a long gash on his thumb. Back to the burrito after that.
It’s quite satisfying to see someone with arrogance knocked down a peg or two! Thank goodness I’ve never had to pill Johnny (and he’s the only cat I’ve ever had!). More than once, vets have given up on looking in his mouth because he completely refuses to let them open it. And he loves it there! Likes talking to new people and getting petted and lets them look him all over. He explores the room and isn’t shy at all. But if he’s not yawning, you’re not going to see inside his mouth!Hurrah for Theo feeling better!
In my early teens I had a Siamese cat who was nigh on impossible to pill. On one vet visit the patronising and supercilious male vet prescribed AB tablets and I explained how tricky she was and asked him to show me how to get them into her. "It's extremely simple", he said "you hold the cat like this and the tablet so then you just open the cat's mouth and..." There was a split second of violent activity, then the pill was in one corner, the cat in another and the rather less supercilious vet was sucking a long gash on his thumb. Back to the burrito after that.
Cats can be difficult. My one elderly Ragdoll kept passing kidney stones and getting UTIs near the end. When she had a UTI I had to squirt antibiotics in her mouth and it was torture. A normally very sweet and docile cat became a raging tiger. We had to find her, wrap her in a towel and force her mouth open and it was pure torture for everyone. I begged the vet for pills and was told there wasn’t any…. But a new long lasting injectable antibiotic was now available and all she would need is one shot. If that new antibiotic didn’t come on the market we were seriouly thinking of putting her to sleep because squirting treatmen had become unbearable and she was hiding from us and not eating. OMG that injection was fabulous. She lived another year before other health issues evolved and we had to put her to sleep.
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