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The Trick of Giving Dog Allergy Medicine to Your Pooch |
 The family dog can become as much a part of the family as the children or grandpa and grandma sometimes. To be a good dog owner, you will take action when your dog is sick. So when the veterinarian determines that it is an allergy that is making your pet miserable, he or she may prescribe an appropriate dog allergy medicine. As you drive home from the vet, you have a right to feel good that you did the right thing to find out what your dog's health problem is and you have the medicine with you to fix it. But when you get home, getting the dog to take that medicine is another matter entirely.
Dogs do not understand that the pill is good for them. So even though dog allergy medicine is designed to give the animal relief from his or her suffering, the dog may reject the medicine or fight you if you want to give it to him forcibly. So it is up to you, the owner of the dog, to find a way to give the beast that dog allergy medicine on time each day. And it would be best if that method made the process easy and enjoyable so that it isn't a fight every time dog allergy medicine time came around.
One of the easiest ways to give dog allergy medicine to your pet is to disguise it as something else. If the dog allergy medicine comes in pill form, you can hide it inside a slice of hot dog or cheese and give it to him as a treat. Dogs are not big on chewing something tasty like that so often he will swallow the pill right down without thinking if the outer layer is something tasty. To make the trick even more effective, cut smaller pieces of the cheese or hot dog and give them to him in succession and quickly so he has to swallow quickly knowing the next yummy piece is on its way quickly.
There are commercial products that work on the same concept to help you administer dog allergy medicine or to give your dog any kind of pills. These products come in the form of a soft, moldable substance that is similar to clay that you can wrap around the dog allergy medicine. It is made to be appealing to dogs with flavors like fish or chicken and they do a good job of getting that important medicine into your dog easily.
Another ploy to use that helps the process is to give the dog treats that you throw through the air to him. Dogs love to catch treats and swallow them quickly because another treat is already in the air. Get a flow of little bite sized treats going to the dog and then let the dog allergy medicine fly into his mouth. The dog will often swallow it without chewing so his mouth is ready for the next treat.
If the dog allergy medicine comes in the form of a powder or a liquid, it often works to mix it in with some high quality canned dog food. If it a kind of food your dog loves, he will eat it quickly and the dog allergy medicine goes right down as part of a routine meal. Best of all, nobody gets bit and the dog actually comes to look forward to the routine schedule of getting his dog allergy medicine.
For topical dog allergy medications, you can work that process in with a pleasant time with your dog. Sometimes dogs are a little sensitive about a skin rash or sores on his skin because scratching is the symptom of the allergy that bothers the pooch. You can start a ritual of regularly brushing the dog. This will become a loving time each day that your dog will look forward to because the brushing scratches the itchy area even better than he can do with his claws. Then as part of that process, you can stroke him and work in the topical dog allergy medicine to begin the process of healing the affected area on your dog.
Other types of dog allergy medicines such as shots or a fluid that must be given without being diluted can be more difficult to give. But if you blend in the process of giving the medication with some affection, petting or play, soon your pooch will associate that necessary moment of taking dog allergy medicine with treasured time of love from his owners. When your dog actually is eager to take his dog allergy medicine, that makes one of the chores of dog ownership much more enjoyable for everyone.
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