Force Feeding Medication To A Dog

[Raffles]

I have a miniature Yorkshire Terrier who is suffering from a collapsing trachea. He has been prescribed Prednicare and Vivitonon tablets. So far we have been successful in administering this medication via his food intake. Today,however, he seems to be off his food. We are considering some type of force feeding the medication to him. Is this a sensible, viable option and if so can anyone suggest a satisfactory method of so doing?
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[Banned]

Make him eat them, simple ..

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[Frost]

Grab behind the neck with your left hand, open it's mouth with your right, get someone to put the pills in and close it's mouth. Worked every time for me.
There is also the option of crushing them up in a little water and putting that down it's throat with a syringe.

[Banned]

As frosty says, also afaik all /some .. ?? mine does .. dogs, near the back end of their teeth, have a gap, that even when their mouths are closed remains, it's easy to pop pills there, keep head upright, and i found this week, at least my dog, is capable of hiding, not taking meds in a mental pateint fashion ...
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[Pickledswede]

If he gets wise to this I think tickling their throat after putting the pill in their mouth makes them swallow - used to work when I had to give a neighbours cat their pills!

[Banned]

.. Well if it works on a cat then yeah go for it ..!!

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[Dazbo666]

The technique our vet showed us was to put the palm of your hand over the dogs eyes (so, thumb pointing downwards). Hook your thumb and first two fingers around the muzzle and into the sides of the mouth, and ease the top jaw upwards to open.

Pop the pill into the back of the throat, and close the mouth quickly... and while you're holding the muzzle, stroke the throat to encourage the dog to swallow.

HTH
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[DrDonnyBrago]

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[stinkwheel]

If you tip their head right back, their mouth has to open slightly, even if they are clenching their teeth. You can then open it further.

If you haven't seen the tip of their tongue come out of their mouth, they haven't swallowed it.
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[schooleydoo]

We use this.

https://www.petpeoplesplace.com/petstore/pet-image-large/cat-pill-gun-popper-piller-dog-pet-medication-syringe_380226598746.jpg

[oldpink]

dairylea cheese, pop pill in, give to dog, nom nom nom

I'm giving my dog antibiotic's just now and it works every time
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[hellkat]

So now I'm gonna test all these, cos I have to give Bruno tablets for the next four days ...
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[oldpink]

having had dog's for the last 30 years I've found the cheese trick works every time
either that or inside a chocolate or a bit of meat

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[Drew]

I thought you weren't meant to give dogs chocolate - or is that a myth?

[Chalky.]

[oldpink]

just posted this in another thread
but worth putting here as well

[oldpink]

pic's
didn't have any dairylea so Phili will do
tasha has an eye infection hence the antibiotic's
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[Chalky.]

Sneaky sneaky!

She looks lovely

[oldpink]

yeah she's lovely
she's 12 and a half years old and had her since she was just over 2 months old
both her father and mother were champions, her father was exported to malta
and sired a lot of champions, she has a great nature and very gentle unless your a yorkie or similar
she hates small yappy dogs, but great with cats, lucky as we have 2 of them as well
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[colin1]

[lihp]

Our staff eats tablets like treats lol.

Occasionally he won't have them, we open his mouth, pop the tablets on his tongue and hold his mouth shut for a few seconds, he swallows eventually.

he loves cod liver oil tablets too, though quite disgustingly he bites it to make it pop =/

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[gixer750 ps]

i found with my dogs, that if you open their mouth and put the pills right at the back of the tongue then close their mouth and hold it for a few seconds then they will swallow it and you will know when coz they want to shake you free from their muzzle once its gone,
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