-> >> I guess I have one of each since one of ours would do
that... She has  been
-> >> spayed, and I've seen her clean up her dish and Toby's
(un-neutered) as well

-> > Yeah That sounds about right! 8-) I once had a doberman too. It
was funny and
-> > probably you had to be there, but when we had to give our other
Newfie a pill
-> > for medication. You had to struggle with the newfie or trick him
into taking
-> > it. Well there were time he'd somehow avoid getting it down and
would spit it
-> > out. I'd swear before it hit the ground, the Doberman pu would
scarf it up.

-> Oh yeah..   I've seen Toby grab a bottle of my mother-in-law's pills, drag them
-> outside, crack open the bottle, lick all the pills and spit them out (thank
-> goodness!)  It can be hard sometimes having older folk around, when they get
-> "forgetful" about their pill bottles :(

-> For medicating the dogs though, I wrap pills in cheese.. they wolf that down
-> real fast 

For Spanky my non-neutered Pit Bull I grab his front teeth, ask in
a commanding tone to open, place the pill in the back of his throat and
then tell hinm to swallow.

Takes about 4 seconds usually.

Spanky loves cheese as well but I've no need to hide medications from
him.
      
This dog has never bitten but has been bitten by other dogs
14 times and repeatedly injured by a cat.
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