De-worming for dogs

Hi!
I’m a huge animal lover and I was wondering if anyone could help me solve
my problem…
I have a dog who’s name is Elvis and a cat who’s name is Princess!
I’ve discovered that Elvis had worms, (is it possible that he got from other pets???)
so I want to my vet and he gave him a de-worming medication in a tablet form but he wouldn’t swallow it!!
I didn’t want to use too much force so I tried wrapping it with some sausage but he some how figured it out!
please help me!!
Tami

[Ima saver]

Hi Tami, I am a dog lover and an elvis lover. I have an "elvis" bedroom. I also have a small dog who will not swallow pills no matter how I hide them in meat, cheese, etc. She spits them out! Sorry, I am no help, my dog, Holly has not had worms.

[sweeps]

Can you break up the pill into Elvis' regular food?

[neatdesign]

Try these:

Pill Pockets for Dogs for Small Pills (35 count)**

Pill Pockets for Dogs for Medium/Large Pills (30 count)

Pill Pockets for Dogs for Xtra-Large Pills (30 count)

If the pills are very small, try the following to save yourself a couple of bucks -- trust me, your dog will never know it's for cats:

Pill Pockets for Cats for Small Pills (45 count)**

**You can read my reviews of the Pill Pockets for Small Pills for Cats at the link above (Amazon.com) and my experiences with these. Bottom line: Highly recommended!

~ Jenney

[Cheetahwoman7]

Ah, the famous "pill spitter outter" type dog! I use peanut butter! Make sure the pill is totally covered with the PB and that you have MORE than enough PB to make a glob. Take it, put it at the end of your finger (should be about half to a complete TABLEspoon full, not a scanty teaspoonful) and let the dog smell it. DON'T let them lick it off your finger, they'll find the pill. After they're drooling to eat the PB, take it and scrape it off your finger by using the backside of their front top teeth. Don't worry, their mouths will be open from the smell alone! The PB should sort of stick to the back of their front top teeth. From there, they lick it off, USUALLY unable to find the pill.

I've only had one dog one time find the pill that way and it was my fault for not using enough peanut butter. If you have more than one dog, give the pill to the first dog, but treat the other dogs with a glob of PB in the same manner. Next time they need a pill, they won't know it's stuck in there.

Hope that helps!

CJ

[geojen]

I also use pb, but I crush the pill up first and then mix it into the pb. Dog has no clue, just gobbles up the pb.

[neatdesign]

Although your dog may like it, foods like cheese and peanut butter can become very FATTENING. If you only have to give your dog a pill for a short set period of time to get over some illness -- the regimen to cure a urinary tract infection, for example, takes about 10 days -- that's probably ok. But if your dog, like mine, has to take pills every day, then giving the pills wrapped up in food can damage their health in the long run.

You're better off either using the Pill Pockets I mentioned above, or buying soft dog treats (like Snausages) and smushing the pills into the treats. Obviously it depends on how small the pills are, and the treats have to stay moist in order for it to work. But either way, these are much better overall for your dog's health than giving them fat-laden foods like peanut butter and cheese -- or just people food in general.

BTW, years ago, when my family's dog developed hypothyroidism, my mom at first wrapped the pills in cheese, until the vet told her to stop doing that. He told her that the cheese was too fattening and was actually making things worse (since one of the side effects of hypothyroidism is weight gain). So she switched to pushing the pills inside grapes, and that did the trick. Peaches lived to a ripe old age (pun intended!) of 16 before she died on 12/31/90. However, only in recent years has veterinary science determined that grapes and raisins can be toxic to dogs, but very little is known about it as of yet. Since our Andie is 100lb, a grape a day probably wouldn't be harmful -- except she doesn't like grapes unless they're peeled first (the priss!). But since I found the Pill Pockets I don't worry about it anymore.

~ Jenney

[abowers]

our dog will eat just about anything - but when we had to giver her dewormer we put it in peanut butter, and wrapped it in a small piece of turkey (thin sliced deli turkey, for sandwiches) and it was gone before we knew it.

maybe try cutting in half or thirds and putting it in peanut butter -- then rubbing the bottom of her mouth/throat so he swallows.

[boefixepa]

My dogs take the wormer pills/heart worm combo thing and they have never cared about eating it, but there have been other pills that have been a challenge...guess what I learned...after much frustration...

Open their mouth...if you are a good shot, toss it back so far in their throught they don't have any choice but to swallow it. Or if you miss, just stick your finger in their mouth and push it back, almost putting your finger down their throught. It's painless, takes all of ten seconds...maybe...and you don't have to worry about it anymore. And no, all the times I've done this they have NEVER choked or come close to it.

Now if I can do this with 90 lbs dogs I am sure you can handle it. I rule the rost not them and if I tell them to do something they'd best do it. If your dog doesn't allow to open their mouth and take things in and out...you have bigger problems then pills!