Baymule
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Great. Just what you need, a do-gooder city idiot. All this rain has not been kind to you. I know you will figure out how to make it work. You may have to totally fence off that part of your property and call it good.
Hera's Story
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rachels.haven
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Is she food driven? Would chicken nuggets help? You cut a slit in the long end and slip the pill in. More pills=more nuggets. Cheapest pill pocket out there.
SageHill
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What I’ve done with my dogs - who are experts at finding and not eating a pill is do the down the throat followed by a few of their favorite treats. After awhile they practically open their mouths for the pill.
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Margali
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She fights more with medicine stuck in food. 
Best has been putting the pill as far back on tongue as possible and dropping in several pieces of normal kibble. She has learned the more she fights the more likely I'm accidently going to step on a paw or tail. Not fun but we are surviving.
Best has been putting the pill as far back on tongue as possible and dropping in several pieces of normal kibble. She has learned the more she fights the more likely I'm accidently going to step on a paw or tail. Not fun but we are surviving.
peteyfoozer
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It’s hard pilling dogs that can’t catch. Stuffing a pill in a chunk of hotdog worked great on my sheppies but my Maremmas… uh no.
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peteyfoozer
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Many Collies are super sensitive to Ivermectin. Both of my English Shepherds were tested and are not sensitive. Their breeder is really on top of things.
Baymule
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Carson’s predecessor, Parker, also was a big black Labrador/Great Dane. He was all about food and treats. Parker would take our fingers with the treat so we learned rather quickly to toss it to him. His jaws snapped shut like an alligator. So the treat command became Alligator!
Alligator! Toss treat, jaws snapped shut, I don’t think he even knew what he swallowed. Pills, easy! Just say Alligator and toss the pill and it was down the hatch. Then he got a real treat.
Anatolians? Oh, forget it!
Alligator! Toss treat, jaws snapped shut, I don’t think he even knew what he swallowed. Pills, easy! Just say Alligator and toss the pill and it was down the hatch. Then he got a real treat.
Anatolians? Oh, forget it!
peteyfoozer
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@Baymule
“Anatolians? Oh, forget it!”
Lucky for me, there is that wee bit of competition over snackies between Fen and Boone. Fen can catch very well, Boone watches it hit him in the face but then quickly dives and gulps
“Anatolians? Oh, forget it!”
Lucky for me, there is that wee bit of competition over snackies between Fen and Boone. Fen can catch very well, Boone watches it hit him in the face but then quickly dives and gulps
murphysranch
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My cattle dogs have always caught things. My sister's two chiwawa mutts - well, it hits their face. They look indignant for a moment, and then go sniffing...
Baymule
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Carson can’t catch anything to save his life. He is so soft mouthed that he won’t even bite his squeaky toy hard enough to make it squeak. He very gently takes treats from my fingers.
