Pills often come in two different versions. The most appealing
one is meat flavored and your PON
just chews it up. However, most pills
shouldn't be chewed and you may need to
find another method to get your PON to
take them.
The most popular strategy for
medicating your PON
when
giving pills is to hide them in
food. Some accepted foods for this
are cheese, bread an meat, peanut
butter and pumpkin. There are also
pocket shaped treats that you can
buy to actually help hide the pills
If you are going to medicate your
PON this way, you need to ask the
veterinarian which types of foods
can be used with each medicine
because not all human foods agree
with dogs.
Most PONS prefer peanut butter,
which can be messy but works every
time. Some people even put
peanut butter on a small piece of
bread, wrap the bread around the
pill (so that it is covered in
peanut butter) and give it to their
PON. Typically, you can just use
creamy peanut butter by itself and
put a heaping spoonful on a plate,
or sometimes just on the spoon, and
then insert the pill. PONS just lap
up the peanut butter, pill and all.
This technique has a high success
rate as reported by owners.
If this doesn't work for you, and
you have a calm PON, you can slide
the pill between cheek and gum and
slowly push it back behind the
teeth. The PON's swallow reflex will
usually help allow the pill to be
swallowed.
I do not recommend trying to push
the pill down your PON's throat if
you don't know what you're doing.
Ask your vet to illustrate how to
give your PON medication the next
time you visit. Good luck ! Please
keep us updated on your progress.