Today Amy my 6yr old collie has been confirmed with Underactive Thyroid. Shes been prescribed Soloxine. The thing is I usually put the dogs tablets in a bit of pate. Shes supposed to be on a diet. Any ideas what I can put the tablet in.
Many thanks
Jean

It is easiest to be honest to put them at the back of her throat and ensure they swallow them.

I use laughing cow triangles to give my lot any medication.

Shes never had tablets before so need to be sure shes not spitting it out and just thought shed take it better if it was hidden. Will ofcourse try the back of the throat method first.
Jean

I have 3 dogs on daily medication -one for a heart problem, one for epilepsy and one for hypothyroidism. All of them will eat the tablets if they're just put on top of their food. To start with I hid it inside the food, now I don't need to -they never notice it. :) It's funny really, what always alerts my dogs to it being feed time is when I open the drawer the pills are all kept in, that gets them so excited LOL.

I use a small piece of banana and like Marianne, the pill draw creates a fair amount of excitement when opened. Those not getting pills still get the banana so as not to feel left out!

ETA: Something to be aware of is that for optimum absorption of Soloxine/Thyroxyl the drug should be given 1 hour before food, not with the main meal. I found this out from Dr Jean Dodds.

> It's funny really, what always alerts my dogs to it being feed time is when I open the drawer the pills are all kept in, that gets them so excited LOL.

It's the same in my house, they watch me put the food out and then squeal with excitment when the tablets go in.  I also just put on top of the food and they eat them with no problems :)

We looked after a CKCS a few months ago and he was on a number of tablets a day, all we had to do was call him to us and he came rushing up and took his tablets no problem at all.  One of my Spanish will not take them, tried the back of the throat method etc and he won't swallow or anything, the rest take them no problems.

I put pills into cocktail sausages as they are easy to slice and hide stuff in.  If it is quite a big pill I attempt to confuse the dog with the first bit which won't have anything in it so when she spits it out to check if it has been tampered with, all is well.  the next bit I just lob in her general direction and the greedy madam inhales it without chewing - job done!

> It's funny really, what always alerts my dogs to it being feed time is when I open the drawer the pills are all kept in, that gets them so excited LOL.

Exactly the same in my house, I'm lucky that none of my dogs need medication for major health issues, but every night at feed time out comes the garlic pearls, the chondroitin and glucosamine (for the oldies) and twice a week the cod liver oil,  so they're used to all of this bottle rattling, they all get something just popped on top of their dinner.

If I had to give heavy duty medication I think they they wouldn't even know. :)

Now my cat well that's a different issue, it's husband at the ready,  grab the face and shove down the neck with lots of throat rubbing whilst avoiding the claws, the cat's not the husbands :)

> If it is quite a big pill I attempt to confuse the dog with the first bit which won't have anything in it

Oooooohh!!   You devious little devil you!    :-)  :-)

I never thought of that!  I suppose it is like a placebo!  :-)

Hopefully now Amy is on Soloxine for her Thyroid when the vets get her levels right her weight will start (one of the symptoms of under active thyroid) to move,so at the moment i would not be to over worried as to what you give her to get her to eat one tiny tablet as getting her levels right are the vets main concern at the moment,we started off with our boxer having his in either a piece of chicken breast or turkey breast then just in his dried food with no problems.debby

Thanks for the kind replies. The vet says I should see an improvement in Amy in a couple of weeks. Gave the pill in a bit of philly.
Jean

My American cocker takes soloxine without problems! I just give it to him like a treat. They are quite palatable, so you might be lucky (soloxine is the only tablet that he takes without problems). You really should give soloxine either 1 hour before food or 4 hours after food to ensure proper absorption.