how to feed tablets?

Well Thor has certainly put me through the mill today, 8am this morning, about 10 mins after calling in sick for work (I've come down with either a really bad cold or a little bit of flu) he starts gagging, then vomits up an enormous pile of last night's food, then coughing up a mixture of blood and white foam, and just wasn't himself in general (refusing a treat is definitely NOT like Thor!)
So I took him along to the vets, and after a little talking they decided they wanted to do xrays on him to see if he swallowed anything he's not supposed to (thank god for insurance), and they also took some bloods and sent me home to wait.
After the xray they decided he hadn't swallowed anything, so they looked at his bloods and he had a high white blood cell count, which they say means it's probably an infection, and they gave him 2 injections (1 antibiotics, 1 anti-nausea) and half a tablet (which is supposed to help line his stomach incase he's sick again), and gave me a tablet to give him this evening, but I'm not sure how to give him it, I would normally use marrowbone treats, but the vet has said I can only give him a small portion of boiled chicken and rice, so do I grind it up and mix it in with that, or can I do the marrowbone thing? I tried to ask the vet but I didn't really get an answer because I think he misunderstood what I said...

It depends how crafty he is. Mine will just eat it in their food without the need to crush it. Or you could hide in a larger piece of chicken. But failing that I'd go for grinding it down. As they say, better safe than sorry.

Hope you both feel better soon

Aww bless him and you! Hope your both feeling better soon ><

I wrap Moo's in a slice of ham when she has to have ones she won't eat voluntarily Xx

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I'd hide it in a piece of chicken & then put the rest down immediately so he doesn't have time to work out there's a tablet in there!

Hiding it in the chicken should work

Loki will eat tablets on their own...but hiding it in some chicken should work nicely

I stuff it into a piece of chicken or wrap in a piece of ham, they are non the wiser !

Hope he's feeling better x

I always wrap it in ham too. Even for his yumove tablets.

just an update, after another visit to the vets thor is now feeling much better, he's even almost back on his normal food (atm we're giving him half chicken and rice, half dog food)
the trick of hiding it in the chicken worked, he's just got a couple more antibiotics to take then he should be all better!
oh, and my cold is gone too

I use that horrible processed cheese, I keep it just for the occasions they need a tablet! Good cus u can squidge it round the tablet (my girls are masters of spitting them out) but probably too rich. Maybe try that chicken you put in sandwichs the really thin stuff?

Push the tablet in a bit of chicken and fool him

last night i was sorting out his tablets and i dropped one and he just munched it straight off the floor! i just think he likes to pretend he's fussy ^^

If he'll eat the tablet on its own, that'd be good. Failing that, as people have said, push it into the middle of some of the chicken. For the future, you can get special syringe-like equipment to shoot the tablet to the back of your dog's throat.

If you want to do it manually, the best way to do it is to open his mouth and throw the tablet to the back of his throat. Many people say to stick your hand or finger down there, but it isn't a good idea - sticking your finger/hand down there could trigger the gag reflex, which is obviously not a good idea in this case, and he may also instinctively close his mouth around your fingers.

Once it's at the back of his throat, holding his head pointing upwards and massaging the throat and neck area will help him swallow it. Another method to use to get him to swallow it (depends on whether or not you like it) is to blow against his nose for a couple of seconds after you've thrown the tablet in. This will often make dogs swallow.

Before you do that manual technique, make sure he has a little food or water - this will ensure that the throat isn't dry, which could cause the tablet to stick and irritate the throat.

You need to be careful if you decide to crush the tablet - some tablets have a coating and are not meant to be crushed. Also, if you crush a tablet into food and your dog doesn't finish his meal, he may not take in all of the powder.

Remember to give loads of praise afterwards! Hope this helped!

i crush tablets and put it in either a tin of fish or in a little butter inbetween a digestive biscuit.She is still suspicious but eats it anyway

I buy glucose jelly beans from the chemist.

They are big enough to cut in half and I then push the tablet into one half and follow up by pushing the other half of the jelly bean over the tablet.

The jelly beans won't hurt him and they are gone with tablet and all in seconds.