How to administer tablets to the dog?

Yes the dog eats normally, the medication can administer itself with the food, simplest it is with a small piece or a small ball of meat pricked with the tablet inside (but that it does not observe when the medicine is placed), soon is necessary to play a little with the dog being done to wish the succulent mouthful for a moment to him, soon to give it to it and glug! , will swallow it in a second.

If one goes away to administer to him in the food, first it is necessary to give a small portion him but without the pill. This diminishes the suspicion and it still more touches it in the next mouthful. He is not advisable to mix the medicine in an abundant portion of food because it can leave a part and not ingest the medication completely.

Yes not is other alternative that to give it it in mouth, has to treat to approach wall so that the dogs cannot back down, to raise it table or height can to facilitate task, since the animal does not please the heights to him if he is not customary, but is necessary to make sure that it cannot be struck and be hurt when trying to lower or to escape, the person who helps must take embracing it around the shoulder and chest.

To maintain to the tablet between its thumb and index.

With the other hand, smoothly to open the snout of the dog, with the fingers to tighten behind the superior canine teeth and to incline the head of the animal backwards in such a way that it is watching the ceiling, then will lower the inferior jaw.

Use the other fingers where it maintains the pill with the right hand to lower inferior maxilar putting the fingers behind the eyeteeth and pushing downwards.

Quickly to put the tablet at heart of the mouth, more deeply as it is possible.

To close the mouth of the dog, to maintain closed it and to lower the head to a normal position that it will facilitate the ingestion. Rubbing the throat smoothly or blowing in the nose the swallowing can be stimulated.

To congratulate it, and if a prize like a treat is possible. This will facilitate the things in the next metering, always the maneuver must be fastest possible to facilitate the taking of the medicine.
Although an explanation with words is detailed, a live demonstration will be ilustrativo, is necessary to ask to him the professional who teaches to us to do it when we go to the doctor's office.

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