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ksmithI just spent about a half hour coaxing Gaby through a 1/4 can of the rabbit mixed with the hypo food. I felt like I was coaxing a balky baby through a jar of green peas.
She wanted to eat. Her tail was wagging. But she kept flirting with the damned stuff, picking it up and dropping it. Licking it. So help me, I think that dog has an eating disorder.
If she keeps it down, I will be spending part of tomorrow calling stores that supposedly carry the stuff to see if they have any. My local feed store had a case that they special-ordered. I was able to buy one can, but that was all.
The metronidazole was another story. Both King and Mickey had taken it at one time or another, and I had forgotten how evil-tasting the stuff is. How in hell am I going to get Gaby, who eats by licking, to swallow that damned thing is just about beyond me. If I give it to her inside a wad of food that she likes, she just licks the food and leaves the pill. I may have to resort to tossing it down her throat, but that's not easy.
Why in the freeping hell didn't the *&^%$#@ manufacturer coat the *&^%$#@ tablet. First rule of Drug That Tastes Like Shit--COAT THE G-------N TABLET!!!!!!!
Oh, and I'm supposed to be writing through all this. Good the fuck luck.
She wanted to eat. Her tail was wagging. But she kept flirting with the damned stuff, picking it up and dropping it. Licking it. So help me, I think that dog has an eating disorder.
If she keeps it down, I will be spending part of tomorrow calling stores that supposedly carry the stuff to see if they have any. My local feed store had a case that they special-ordered. I was able to buy one can, but that was all.
The metronidazole was another story. Both King and Mickey had taken it at one time or another, and I had forgotten how evil-tasting the stuff is. How in hell am I going to get Gaby, who eats by licking, to swallow that damned thing is just about beyond me. If I give it to her inside a wad of food that she likes, she just licks the food and leaves the pill. I may have to resort to tossing it down her throat, but that's not easy.
Why in the freeping hell didn't the *&^%$#@ manufacturer coat the *&^%$#@ tablet. First rule of Drug That Tastes Like Shit--COAT THE G-------N TABLET!!!!!!!
Oh, and I'm supposed to be writing through all this. Good the fuck luck.
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Date: 2009-11-19 01:18 pm (UTC)I don't think she knew what hit her. I gave her a biscuit afterwards and told her what a good puppy she was. Question is, will she let me do it again?
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Date: 2009-11-19 01:40 pm (UTC)The only time I had trouble with the technique was one day when my dog was obviously ill. He opened his mouth grudgingly for the thyroid. I decided to give him an aspirin because he was so very down. He opened his mouth under duress, and pushed one of those bone crunching teeth into my thumb enough to let me know that it really hurt to open his mouth. Vet explained he had an eye infection, which manifests in dogs as pain in the jaw.
I hope Gaby's better today.
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Date: 2009-11-20 05:43 am (UTC)