Crazy Dog Tongue
My furry, 93lb. companion (Sunshine) is sick. Last week I noticed that he was acting more like a cat (read: lazy, sleepy turd) than the tennis ball chasing maniac of norm so I got a bit freaked out. Then my neighbor Matt (the local dog whisperer, snake charmer and all around animal advocate) really set me off when he noticed the behavior and indicated that something might be wrong. With that reassurance, I took Sunny to the vet last Saturday. The doctor was unfortunately useless but at least I got some antibiotics for the pooch as a preventative measure. Which brings me to the title of this post…
Trying to get Sunny to eat his pills has been a near exercise in futility. I’ll wrap them in cheese and stuff it in his mouth and he’ll chew away until he’s swallowed except, he’ll finish by spitting out the pills! We put them in canned pooch food and while it worked the first time he has since figured out how to eat around them. The real kicker came when Kerri had the brilliant idea of jamming them in a hotdog, kinda like giving a turtle a suppository. This fricken four legged beast takes the hotdog, chews away and somehow manages to use his tongue to push the pills back out. Just how on earth does he pull that off?!?
Oh, I’ve been winning the war (don’t get me wrong)… I won’t be defeated by an animal that is marginally more intelligent than myself and one that lacks thumbs! I’ve had to forcibly jam the pills in his mouth and hold his snout shut until he submits — It’s for his own good after all. I wish there was a less abusive way of getting him to take his meds but as far as he knows, I’m feeding him poison and he wants no part of that.
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