Something else beside the useful Pill pockets

[Truffa's Mom]

I love Pill pockets and for sure Truffa & Nina, with or without a pill in them just ADORE THEM. Giving them any pill is totally enjoyable, but gosh are they expensive!!!, specially when you have to give them so many every day. I started using like a bag (30 units) every 15 days, and after that, 1 big pill pocket- the capsule presentation- is carefully molded to wrap the pills for Truffa for one day (and of course Nina also receives little pieces of the same pill pocket). So now each bag can be stretched up to 25-30 days at the most.

But today I found something that I will be willing to try, and I thought that you guys would be interested also. I purchased today the “Flavor Doh for Dogs”, I’ll let you know how it works.
http://www.calvetsupply.com/product/Flavor_Doh_For_Dogs_Chicken/Feeding_Tubes_Supplies

Here are other options, one of them with flavors that specially would appeal dogs and others for cats :
http://www.capsuline.com/index.php?cPath=1_21_22

My dogs like fruits in general so I think gel flavored capsules would be another good option:
http://www.capsuline.com/index.php?cPath=1_11&osCsid=2ftrssnr76drc4636ua5ao 4a07


Other options and suppliers :
http://www.herbalremedies.com/gelcapsin300.html
http://www.iherb.com/Now-Foods-Triple-000-Gelatin-Caps-200-Empty-Capsules/890?at=0


Filler capsule machine :
http://www.herbalremedies.com/gelcapsin300.html

A good guide about gel caps :
http://members.verizon.net/~vze2r6qt/supplies/gelcaps.htm

Marcela & The Choco Labs

[ChristyA]

Re: Something else beside the useful Pill pockets

Hi,
When I had to give our new pup pills and couldn't use peanut butter, because she is allergic to it, the vet suggested mini marshmallows. They worked wonderfully. You just peel it apart halfway put the pill in, put it back together and it works great.

Christy

[ventilate]

Re: Something else beside the useful Pill pockets

Marcela
Please let me know how the doggie doh is. I have to give Nike 2 a day and youre right they are expensive, if that doh works it would be excellent. Please PM me when you get it and let me know how it works
Thanks for the links
sharon

[Truffa's Mom]

Re: Something else beside the useful Pill pockets

Thank you Christy, the tip of the mini marshmallows is the first time I've heard about it, sounds delicious and easy.

My dogs are not picky at all and not allergic to peanut, and I have tried cheese, cream cheese (low fat), peanut butter, unsweetened apple sauce, and putting the pills on newton's figs.......... But Truffa is quite clever and she learned all my tricks and managed a way to taste the cheese or whatever and spit it out the pill, but since the pill pockets we became addicted to them, and everything that I hide in them pass all the tests!!!! and gulp into her tummy.

And cause I feel incapable of giving something to Truffa and nothing to Nina, then the poor pill pocket has to be split in thousand pieces.

I am excited about the Doggie Doh Sharon. I''ll let you know how it works. It also appears to be more healthy-wise than the pill pockets, will see.

Marcela & The Choco Labs

[Carol G]

Re: Something else beside the useful Pill pockets

I too am interested in how the Flavor Doh works.

I used Pill Pockets for Winnie's trilo. Then I used it for all of McGill's pills when he got tired of Cheddar Cheese spread. Now he is tired of Pill Pockets and won't eat them so it is back to Cheddar Cheese spread which he will eat now.

I also used the trick of buying the biggest Pill Pocket size, then breaking each pocket into four pieces and molding the 1/4 of a Pill Pocket around a pill. I found that if I put a pill in a single Pill Pocket, it was too much and he would try to chew it instead of swallowing it whole.

Carol, Winnie (always), McGill and Atty Cat

[Truffa's Mom]

Re: Something else beside the useful Pill pockets

I found that if I put a pill in a single Pill Pocket, it was too much and he would try to chew it instead of swallowing it whole

DITTO here.....those babies.....

We will Carol

Marcela & Tha Choco Labs

[rhodesian46]

Re: Something else beside the useful Pill pockets

Poor Pebbles when she was alive took 5 pills at a time. I just opened her mouth and put a pill in. She was good when I did this. Didn't need to hide the pills/ But she was pretty laid back.

[Lillie Mae]

Re: Something else beside the useful Pill pockets

How did the Dog Doh work? I may get some. It sounds great. Does your dog like it?