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 Giving Your Dog Medication
There are several relatively easy ways to administer the medicines your dog needs, One of these will suit your purposes:
Direct Pilling
if you're right-handed, hold the dog's upper muzzle with your left hand, nose upward at about a 45-degree angle. Pry its lower jaw open with the third finger of your right hand, holding the pill between thumb and fore-finger. As quickly as possible, place the pill as far back in the mouth as you can Ð on top of the tongue, not under it - remove your fingers and hold the mouth closed with one hand while you stroke the throat with the other to stimulate swallowing.
Indirect pilling
As an alternative, if a dog gulps down its food, try hiding the pill in a piece of cheese or meat. You can also crush pills or open capsules to put the medicine in food, although sometimes they cause a bitter taste.
Liquid Medications
Most medicines currently available as pills and capsules also come in liquid form. Though these are usually a little more expensive, they can solve problems with giving your dog solid medicines. Holding the dog's mouth as you would to give it a pill (above), with a dropper squirt the medicine between the side molars or into the cheek pouch and the dog will swallow it reflexively. Give the medicine slowly so that the animal can catch its breath.
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