>-> 0n (31 Jan 06) Jack Yates wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE...


 >->  WC> -> Garlic, just a little bit in the food, not  enough
to make the dog
 >->  WC> turn up the
 >->  WC> -> nose at mealtime; about a quarter-teaspoon for our
17lb terrier.
 >->  WC> Its not
 >->  WC> -> enough to harm the dog but the scent and taste
permeates the skin
 >->  WC> and makes the
 >->  WC> -> dog unappetizing to the flea.

 >->  WC> Just get Frontline and be done with it.
 >->  WC> Been using it on Spanky for years and 100 percent effect
for 3 times
 >->  WC> the length of time it's claimed to work. ( 90 days efficacy)

 >->  JY> We use Frontline here..

 >->  We do too. About the heartworm med. The kind we get used to come in a
 >-> chewy tablet form. A little chewy treat. Now it's a pill so you have
 >-> to put it down their throat or into something they'll eat. hmm. I
 >-> wonder why they had to change a good thing. Cheaper  maybe?

 > Heartgaurd Plus chewables here.
 > I give the Pit his arthritis med by telling him "open"
 > dropping it in, pulling his snout up and saying
 > "swallow.
 > Takes all of 5 seconds.

When I have to give my dog a pill, I put it in her food bowl, squeeze a
worm of peanut butter on it, and offer it to her.  The pill is history in a
half second, but it takes her three more minutes to lick every peanut
butter molecule out of the bowl.  She's very enthusiastic when she knows
she's going to get a peanut-butter coated pill! 

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