Please can someone help?
My elderly dog takes three tablets a day - Previcox, Apoquel and a painkiller.
She used to be fine at taking it in her food, never a problem.
Then she started leaving it in the bottom of her bowl, I'd leave it til her next meal and it would usually disappear.
Then she was consistently leaving it, so we started giving it to her in a piece of banana. that worked for a while but then she started eating the banana and spitting the pill out.
Then she started refusing the banana altogether.
We've tried cheese, ham, just about everything.
We've now started prising open her jaw, putting it at the back of her throat and closing her mouth til she swallows and she STILL manages to spit them out. (and grins at me like a fool)
How on earth do I get these pills down her? Anything else anyone can suggest that i've not tried yet.
She's very good natured (so I have no qualms about putting my fingers in her mouth)
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BookWitch · 18/08/2020 15:29
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