[nagdu] My newly happy healthy dog

[Mark J. Cadigan]

I have guivven a pill to my 10lb family pet dog, and I find it much easier. 
Much less strength to fight you with. My dog loves me; however, he fights 
pills like I am torturing him.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Meghan Whalen" <mewhalen at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] My newly happy healthy dog


> Ah, that is a fun method...I use that one when pilling all of my dogs to 
> be sure the pill has gone down.  Nothing like prying the dog's mouth open, 
> stuffing your fingers practically down the dog's throat and holding his 
> mouth shut until he swallows and the tongue flicks out.  Try it on a 5 lb 
> terrier...there's no room to get it done!
>
> On 4/4/2012 12:07 PM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:
>> Making my dog take pills is like pulling teeth. He won't eat them hidden 
>> in food. I have to hold him down, force open his jaw, and drop them down 
>> his throat.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheila Leigland" 
>> <sleigland at bresnan.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 12:37 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] My newly happy healthy dog
>>
>>
>>> Hi, mark I'm glad your dog is doing well. I use to put the meds in a 
>>> piece of cheese gbecause my dog loved cheese and if anything was needed 
>>> to be taken he would swallow it whole.
>>>
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