24. Giving Nasty Medicine
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Nasty medicine tastes bad, even if it’s for their own good. Remember when you were a kid, and you absolutely hated choking down cough medicine, or pills that tasted bitter? Dogs are the same way – they’re basically just big kids! And nasty medicine doesn’t taste good, so why should they make it easy to give it to them?
Fortunately, there’s all kinds of ways to give a dog medicine where they won’t even taste it – pill pockets if it’s a pill, or mixing it in with wet food if it’s liquid medicine. That way, your dog will still get the medicine that they need, but they won’t look at you with those big brown eyes of betrayal when you have to force them to take the medicine.
Elizabeth Saavedra
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Mireya Saavedra I always hug paco too tight lol
Debbie Cartwright Carruthers
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A lot of these are just common sense (which I know is sadly lacking in some folks) but it all depends on the dog. Besides that, being the incredibly intuitive and sensitive creatures that they are, they will adapt to how you express affection. Our dogs will lick our faces off if we let them, and we kiss their little heads in return.
Gene Allen
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1 is ALL BS!! 3 is optional, depending on if you talk to you dog and tell them how much you love them. 4 is ALL OUT BS!! WHAT BRAINLESS IDIOT COMES UP WITH THIS?
Jay Kapron
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Setting a routine??? Yep … Cooper set it and we follow it!
Patricia Hogan
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Dogs love car rides, and of course you shouldn’t give them spoiled food!!! Most of these are common sense, but we know dogs have more common sense than most people!!!
Roger Tadlock
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Tammy Irvin Mcinnis