new from europe (arthritis and vetoryl?) - Ian, Flynn and Enya have passed

Tipper has shown improvement at nite. She is sleeping better, but I am afraid she developed a habit of 4:30 and 5:00 waking up for the day. I think because of lack of exercise and she is laying around too much then does not need as much sleep. There is something called pill wrap they sell on Amazon that a lot of people use. I have never used it so maybe you could check out the reviews on it. Tipper gets hers inside a small piece of chicken, she wants the chicken so she does well with that. I am hoping you finally get rid of this flu, you must have really had it bad. Hoping you are good as new soon. Blessings
Patti

yes i think tipper is missing her walks and her exercise. they need the distraction. laying around does not satisfy them.
can't you walk for 5 min. a few times a day as a distraction for her if it is not possible to really walk her? or let her roam in the backyard for a while before going to bed?
i am going to walk the dogs for the last time [it is midnight right now] they like roaming the neigborhood in the dark.
sleep well!

hmm, I've tried the pill wrap with molly, didn't work at all. She ate part of the wrap and spit the pill out. Now I use wet food and form it into a tight ball around the pill, then I have the next small ball in my hand ready to go, so she downs the first one without thinking about it. :) That has been working. It only took a couple tries to figure out what she liked best and what size ball she wouldn't figure out there was a pill inside of.

Get plenty of rest.
hugs,
Sharlene and molly muffin

Sharlene,
maybe a clump of peanut butter?

I do use the same method as Sharlene, when Tipper see I have other balls of food ready in my hand she gulps down the first one fast and so on. I use chicken and actually squeeze it real tight into a ball in my hand with the pill inside. I am hoping today you are feeling better and getting rid of this bug. It must be really nasty and hard on you to have this for 2 weeks. Take care. Blessings
Patti

ian knows what size to avoid. he will eat a ball from pea-size-marble size. but if it is a bit bigger.....no way! or maybe he smells the capsule inside? [those vetoryl capsules are pretty big i think!] i have used the peanut butter trick and it sometimes works.
and i do the same thing as you all do......have the next ball in my hand, but he was never an eager eater, so it remains difficult.
i now use "'el cheapo"' catfood. it smells awful, but he likes it so far. the only thing is; it is so soft ian sort of sucks the food off the pill and voila
pill is on the floor. so round 2 or 3 is necessary.
he once bit into a fish oil capsule, which i hid this way, and he is very suspicious since. luckily the painpills are tasty ones.

Daisy has learned that she needs to take her pill before she gets dinner :-)
Dachshunds are so smart. It amazes me.

aha, i am glad this works for daisy. we have to outsmart our dogs!
today i managed to feed him the vetoryl and the fish oil capsule without too much trouble. sleep well everybody!

Do you have like a cream cheese over there? Some people use that as it is sticky and easy to roll in a ball. Yes it takes a lot of work to research things happening to Tipper, but as long a s she is with me I don't mind doing it all. She is acting better on the thyroid meds so they are working. More snow last nite and cold wind today. Hope you find a new way to trick Ian he is as mart cookie and not easily fooled. He is probably laughing to himself thinking how silly is my mom trying all this stuff on me!

yes i think he is laughing to himself too. i can try cream cheese, i like it myself too. i have to buy it on monday. today was a disaster with the pills......too much stress! [for both of us]
i did not feed him his painkillers for 2 days now, but he seems a bit off.
the weather is stormy and wet, so i will feed him half a pill before bedtime. they are not good for his kidney's, but he is feeling better with them. and so we will keep worrying about our doggies health.
well you know all about it patti.