giving tablets to dogs

I've also done the recommended method of popping gn the pill at the back of my he mouth, stroke the neck till the dog swalloWhen Dreen was expecting Rachel, our then year old boxer bitch would lie on her bump, lifting her head with a very surprised look when she got a kick. Katie didn't predict Rachel's arrival but she doted on our new baby and was very, very protective of her. Obviously I would never trust any dog alone with a wee one but Katie was probably about as close as I could get. She vetted visitors and always put herself between them and the kids ... until she'd given them a good sniff and once-over.s but honestly, the cream cheese method is so much easier and my dog friendly

Cream cheese today and she liked it.

That made me laugh Tegan. My cocker spaniel was a greedy dog, a thief and given any opportunity would eat till she was sick. We loved her though, just got very good at keeping food out of her reach and doors locked so she couldn't escape and scavenge at the butcher behind our garden.
I us bathe cheese, pate or sausage with squashed tbs enclosed trick with current dogs

My cocker spaniel used to eat milk bottle tops if they fell on the floor. One day I filled her bowl with them and said 'if you like them that much have them for dinner'..and watched in horror as she started to do so...

yep !

Is this what you mean Tegan when you say dogs are easier to medicate than cats?
How to give a cat a pill
1. Pick up the cat and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow. 2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left Arm and repeat process. 3. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm, holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten. 4. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws, ignore growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold cat's head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously. 5. Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing later. 6. Wrap cat in a large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with cat's head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of a drinking straw, force cat's mouth open with pencil and blow down straw. 7. Check label to make sure pill is not harmful to humans, drink a beer to take away the taste. Apply Band-Aid to spouse's forearm and remove blood from the carpet with soap and water. 8. Tie the little angel’s front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of the dining table. Find heavy pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of fillet steak. Be rough about it. Hold head vertical and pour 2 pints of water down cat's throat to wash down pill. 9. Consume remainder of scotch. Get spouse to drive you to the A&E, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill from your eye. Call furniture shop on way home to order a new table. 10. Arrange for RSPCA to collect the mutant cat from hell and ring local pet shop to see whether they have any hamsters

We're having to give our dog 1/2 a large antibiotic tablet twice a day - but as he's a springer and so basically a stomach on 4 legs, as long as it's in his bowl he'll eat it!!

We use cheese or liver pate for our dog Sam. It helps that he's ruled by his stomach ( bit like DH that way .

We enclose the pill and down it goes. We have crushed it on his food but he's been known to eat round those bits.

To be fair I just pop it in , hold and stroke but DH has a softer heart where his 'mate' is concerned !

Ellie has around 6 tablets to take in the morning as well as metacam which she hates so tablets in ham and metacam squirted on top seems to do the trick.

Nina - that's what I usually do, but she often manages to cough it up again.
She's always been funny about eating. Most dogs wolf down tasty morsels, but she lies looking at it for ages, then walks away.
I think the meaty ideas might work though, I've got some sausages in the freezer.
No good putting it in normal tinned dogfood as she eats raw .

Stand behind the dog, lift it's chin up, pop tablet in as far to the back of throat as you can. Continue to hold chin up and hold mouth closed. Stroke the dog's throat until you feel it swallow.
It may take another pair of hands

I wrap the tablet in corned beef [her favourite food] and squash it lots. On the subject of tablets, when I get my cod liver oil capsule out of the cupboard no matter where in the house Hattie is she's straight there [she also has a cod liver oil capsule each night]. I don't know how she knows that's what I'm getting out of the cupboard when I could have been reaching for all sorts of different things. On the plus side, dogs are far easier than cats to medicate! They may be good at spitting things out but don't have the ability to grow 4 extra legs [and claws].

Plan 1 for the really determined dog
Crush tablet into powder e.g in your pestle and mortar(no sacrifice is too great!) , roll into a ball with pate or sausagemeat and it should go down without touching the sides
Plan 2 once dog is aware treats are forthcoming whenever you reach for the pills, is just to squish a tablet into a 1" piece of sausage and same result!
Grace enjoys catching treats so I throw them to her and they just disappear!
What I am liking is Metacam administered by syringe, she doesn't see it coming and with a long nose, it is so easy to hold it open with one hand and squirt it in!
Getting a lot of practice these days . . . .