sutton077

Merry Christmas! love Kelly and Ike

When your dog is sick and you have to give medication, how do you get that pill down? Maybe you do the sticking-the-pill-down-the-dog's-throat thing, where you hold his mouth closed, and rub his throat until the pill is swallowed. That's fine, but I find that my dogs often struggle and resist. So I do the hiding-the-pill-in-some-irresistible-food thing. My dogs mainly eat dry food. But recently, Chewy.com offered me some awesome wet food to review-- Natural Balance LID wet dog food tubs, and I thought--this would be a good food in which to hide Kelly's medication. Kelly has been diagnosed with Cushing's disease. Together with her veterinarian, we have decided to try a regimen of Flax Seed hulls and melatonin. I break open the flax seed capsule and sprinkle it over the wet food. I add the melatonin pill. Mix it up. Spoon it on top of Kelly's kibble. And she gobbles it right up! This makes administering her medication so much easier, and no struggle and resisting inv