Comments on: This post is for dog lovers everywhere http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/05/25/this-post-is-for-dog-lovers-everywhere/ Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:48:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: socratease http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/05/25/this-post-is-for-dog-lovers-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-24054 socratease Tue, 27 May 2008 03:12:28 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=2965#comment-24054 Hmmm... Haven't had to give my cats too many pills, but what worked for me was pinning the cat to the floor, squatting over the cat so that escape to either side is blocked by my legs, rearwards by my foot, and forwards by hand to chest. Tilt the head upwards and use gentle finger pressure to open the mouth, then drop in the pill and push it past the tongue. Maybe I'm just lucky, but I don't understand all the problems people say they have handling cats. I've been able to bathe all four that have lived with me without any bites or scratches. (Though the howls of protest can be annoying.) Hmmm… Haven’t had to give my cats too many pills, but what worked for me was pinning the cat to the floor, squatting over the cat so that escape to either side is blocked by my legs, rearwards by my foot, and forwards by hand to chest. Tilt the head upwards and use gentle finger pressure to open the mouth, then drop in the pill and push it past the tongue. Maybe I’m just lucky, but I don’t understand all the problems people say they have handling cats. I’ve been able to bathe all four that have lived with me without any bites or scratches. (Though the howls of protest can be annoying.)

]]> By: suek http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/05/25/this-post-is-for-dog-lovers-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-24030 suek Mon, 26 May 2008 14:45:15 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=2965#comment-24030 That's funny! You know...reading it, I realized that I've never given a cat a pill - and I've had one cat or another for the last 40 years or so! I think I never _will_ give a cat a pill - sounds like it's worth every penny of a vet visit! I don't waste bacon on the dogs, though. I either use a bit of hamburger or a piece of sliced cheese - although dogs aren't really much of a problem to give pills to. Horses, now, are a bit of a challenge. And they have metal tubes to give them to cows, and the same but smaller for sheep and goats. I think pigs don't get pills - they get shots. That’s funny! You know…reading it, I realized that I’ve never given a cat a pill – and I’ve had one cat or another for the last 40 years or so! I think I never _will_ give a cat a pill – sounds like it’s worth every penny of a vet visit!
I don’t waste bacon on the dogs, though. I either use a bit of hamburger or a piece of sliced cheese – although dogs aren’t really much of a problem to give pills to. Horses, now, are a bit of a challenge. And they have metal tubes to give them to cows, and the same but smaller for sheep and goats. I think pigs don’t get pills – they get shots.

]]> By: Quisp http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/05/25/this-post-is-for-dog-lovers-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-24026 Quisp Mon, 26 May 2008 12:20:23 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=2965#comment-24026 I've done #6 and #8 (minus the straw) with strikingly similar results. I’ve done #6 and #8 (minus the straw) with strikingly similar results.

]]> By: Earl http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/05/25/this-post-is-for-dog-lovers-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-24015 Earl Sun, 25 May 2008 23:21:48 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=2965#comment-24015 My stomach hurts from laughing, and my wife and I are both crying.....that is SO funny!! I'm sending it to my brother, who will probably have a heart attack, as he has a dog plus three or four cats! Thanks for the boost to my immune system!! My stomach hurts from laughing, and my wife and I are both crying…..that is SO funny!! I’m sending it to my brother, who will probably have a heart attack, as he has a dog plus three or four cats!

Thanks for the boost to my immune system!!

]]> By: Scott in SF http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/05/25/this-post-is-for-dog-lovers-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-24014 Scott in SF Sun, 25 May 2008 22:49:34 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=2965#comment-24014 Humans and cats can taste their food the way they smell it. Dog's sense of smell is very good but they can't taste anything. Just a cute fact. Also dogs will eat other dogs poo if you put bacon grease on it. Just for fun, I guess. Humans and cats can taste their food the way they smell it. Dog’s sense of smell is very good but they can’t taste anything. Just a cute fact. Also dogs will eat other dogs poo if you put bacon grease on it. Just for fun, I guess.

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