DOG people - HELP!!!!!

Wobbie

If you don't already know 17 week old Gracie from ~*~*~the doggie thread~*~*~, here she is:

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll56/ddgrh8r/DSC_0174.jpg

Last night she started to have bad diarrhea. She had 8 runny poops within 12 hours, puked in her crate and then puked again this morning. I took her to the vet and they were kinda baffled. The good thing is, Gracie is not acting sick (other than the obvious). The vet took a stomach x-ray and there may or may not be a problem in there. We have another x-ray scheduled for tomorrow.

My question is this: Gracie now needs 5 pills daily and I just struggled to get her to take the first two. She wasn't impressed with peanut butter or when I powdered the pills and mixed them with a teeny bit of wet food. Anyone know any tricks? Grated cheese made into a ball might work - I'll try that next. Prayers and suggestions would be much appreciated!!!!

norm

aww poor gracie...sorry she's not doing well rob :(

unfortunately i'm of no help....the times i've had to give norm meds he's taken them without probs

Comatose11

http://www.ehow.com/how_2270177_give-dog-pillsmedication.html?ref=fuel&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=ssp&utm_campaign=yssp_art

LeilaMoonTurtle

umm cheese it too oily -- she already has the runs

ask the vt for a liquid or powdered form, or open her mouth and stick it in the back of her mouth in the corner

my dog had epilepsy and i had to do that twice a day

or ask vet if she can have meat, poultry, liver
mix only the pill with a bit of meet and have her eat it

imalive wrote:

If you don't already know 17 week old Gracie from ~*~*~the doggie thread~*~*~, here she is:

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll56/ddgrh8r/DSC_0174.jpg

Last night she started to have bad diarrhea. She had 8 runny poops within 12 hours, puked in her crate and then puked again this morning. I took her to the vet and they were kinda baffled. The good thing is, Gracie is not acting sick (other than the obvious). The vet took a stomach x-ray and there may or may not be a problem in there. We have another x-ray scheduled for tomorrow.

My question is this: Gracie now needs 5 pills daily and I just struggled to get her to take the first two. She wasn't impressed with peanut butter or when I powdered the pills and mixed them with a teeny bit of wet food. Anyone know any tricks? Grated cheese made into a ball might work - I'll try that next. Prayers and suggestions would be much appreciated!!!!

patrickredeyes

imalive wrote:

If you don't already know 17 week old Gracie from ~*~*~the doggie thread~*~*~, here she is:

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll56/ddgrh8r/DSC_0174.jpg

Last night she started to have bad diarrhea. She had 8 runny poops within 12 hours, puked in her crate and then puked again this morning. I took her to the vet and they were kinda baffled. The good thing is, Gracie is not acting sick (other than the obvious). The vet took a stomach x-ray and there may or may not be a problem in there. We have another x-ray scheduled for tomorrow.

My question is this: Gracie now needs 5 pills daily and I just struggled to get her to take the first two. She wasn't impressed with peanut butter or when I powdered the pills and mixed them with a teeny bit of wet food. Anyone know any tricks? Grated cheese made into a ball might work - I'll try that next. Prayers and suggestions would be much appreciated!!!!

Very cute dog.

I always go with a small piece of hotdog.


I hope everything works out.

LeilaMoonTurtle

blood tests?

change her food

get a diff vet

Lukin66

Lunch meat always did the trick for me. My dog was so eager to get some human food she usually wolfed it whole.

blackredyellow

No tricks really work for my dog... No matter what I put the pills in, she can pick them out and spit them out. I just quickly shove the pill in the back of her mouth and hold her mouth shut and kinda massage her throat for a few seconds. It's the only way that she takes them, and really doesn't seem to mind.

One thing to maybe ask the vet about, is pancreatitis. Our dog had pretty much the same symptoms and it took a while and a couple of different tests to figure out that it was pancreatitis. It can be very harmful, but if they catch it, they can treat it pretty successfully.

Has Gracie gotten into any garbage or fatty foods lately? That can cause it.

Red Burrito

patrickredeyes wrote:

Very cute dog.

I always go with a small piece of hotdog.


I hope everything works out.

Yep, put the pill in a piece of hot dog. Works like a charm.

polaris

i've tried it all before and i will say at least my dog would leave the pill somewhere i could find it ... i think it was more of a *fuck you buddy - think you could sneak that piece of shit drug into me!? ... i don't think so*

in any case - i forcefed one and then basically said - you could do it that way or you could take it with your food ... your choice ... he ate the pill afterwards ...

Wobbie

Comatose11 wrote:

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Thank you. I'm kind of in a bind with the "in a hotdog"-type idea because she is not really supposed to eat until after tomorrow's 2nd x-ray. We might have to try the "all the way into her throat" idea. One of the two pills is pretty effing big :(.

cutback wrote:

aww poor gracie...sorry she's not doing well rob :(

unfortunately i'm of no help....the times i've had to give norm meds he's taken them without probs

Thanks, dude. Yeah, Shelby was easy too. But I've got the double whammy of big pills and limited food to disguise them in.

saveuplife

imalive wrote:

If you don't already know 17 week old Gracie from ~*~*~the doggie thread~*~*~, here she is:

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll56/ddgrh8r/DSC_0174.jpg

Last night she started to have bad diarrhea. She had 8 runny poops within 12 hours, puked in her crate and then puked again this morning. I took her to the vet and they were kinda baffled. The good thing is, Gracie is not acting sick (other than the obvious). The vet took a stomach x-ray and there may or may not be a problem in there. We have another x-ray scheduled for tomorrow.

My question is this: Gracie now needs 5 pills daily and I just struggled to get her to take the first two. She wasn't impressed with peanut butter or when I powdered the pills and mixed them with a teeny bit of wet food. Anyone know any tricks? Grated cheese made into a ball might work - I'll try that next. Prayers and suggestions would be much appreciated!!!!

Wrap a piece of bacon around it.

in_hiding79

I have had this problem with my little chihuahua (he's 15) and the best thing I can tell you is to put the pills in a tiny piece of bread. I hate pills for dogs, liquid is a bit easier for me...bacon, cheese and other stuff may not help her while she is fighting this bug or whatever she has!!

Wobbie

LeilaMoonTurtle wrote:

blood tests?

change her food

get a diff vet

We love our vet. Since Gracie isn't acting sick, the vet wants to try the easiest route first. I'm good with that.

blackredyellow wrote:

No tricks really work for my dog... No matter what I put the pills in, she can pick them out and spit them out. I just quickly shove the pill in the back of her mouth and hold her mouth shut and kinda massage her throat for a few seconds. It's the only way that she takes them, and really doesn't seem to mind.

One thing to maybe ask the vet about, is pancreatitis. Our dog had pretty much the same symptoms and it took a while and a couple of different tests to figure out that it was pancreatitis. It can be very harmful, but if they catch it, they can treat it pretty successfully.

Has Gracie gotten into any garbage or fatty foods lately? That can cause it.

Oh man, I hope it's nothing like pancreatitis. I'm 99.9% sure she hasn't been "into anything" but with a puppy you can never be totally sure. We watch her like a hawk except for the occasional time she spends in her outdoor dog run. She was last in there on Saturday night.

riffrandall

I know she's on meds at this point... but if you want a no-fail diarhhea/ vomit cure for dogs, try letting her eat a substantial portion of a pumpkin pie.
I have no idea why, but it works like a charm.
Any time one of my animals is sick I always give them pumpkin & they are fine within a day.

in_hiding79

imalive wrote:

We love our vet. Since Gracie isn't acting sick, the vet wants to try the easiest route first. I'm good with that.



Oh man, I hope it's nothing like pancreatitis. I'm 99.9% sure she hasn't been "into anything" but with a puppy you can never be totally sure. We watch her like a hawk except for the occasional time she spends in her outdoor dog run. She was last in there on Saturday night.

My little guy had this twice...it isn't fun!!

Wobbie

riffrandall wrote:

Any time one of my animals is sick I always give them pumpkin & they are fine within a day.

I appreciate that - I really do . But, rather than home remedies and amateur diagnoses, I really just need ideas to get my girl to take her pills !!! I feel like my vet has set the course of action and for now we just need to follow it.

LeilaMoonTurtle

wow

imalive wrote:

I appreciate that - I really do . But, rather than home remedies and amateur diagnoses, I really just need ideas to get my girl to take her pills !!! I feel like my vet has set the course of action and for now we just need to follow it.

Wobbie

LeilaMoonTurtle wrote:

wow

Please don't get me wrong. Anyone who has concern for my dog, is cool with me!!! I just don't think I can go back to vet tomorrow and say "Well, Doc, I heard pumpkin was good so I took Gracie off her pills and went with that route." You know what I mean?? BTW - this same vet canceled a trip and came to our house when our last dog had to be put down. The vet was crying too. I have zero doubts about his expertise/compassion.

riffrandall

imalive wrote:

Please don't get me wrong. Anyone who has concern for my dog, is cool with me!!! I just don't think I can go back to vet tomorrow and say "Well, Doc, I heard pumpkin was good so I took Gracie off her pills and went with that route." You know what I mean?? BTW - this same vet canceled a trip and came to our house when our last dog had to be put down. The vet was crying too. I have zero doubts about his expertise/compassion.

I'm not a Christian Scientist either. I just don't go running for Big Pharma at the first sign of a cough.

LeilaMoonTurtle

i'm not doubting the vet

I jsut think people were being nice telling you things that they have tried, you could have been nice also read it and moved on

thats all


either way i say liver works well

good luck

imalive wrote:

Please don't get me wrong. Anyone who has concern for my dog, is cool with me!!! I just don't think I can go back to vet tomorrow and say "Well, Doc, I heard pumpkin was good so I took Gracie off her pills and went with that route." You know what I mean?? BTW - this same vet canceled a trip and came to our house when our last dog had to be put down. The vet was crying too. I have zero doubts about his expertise/compassion.