My dog's generally pretty good about being pilled. However, with bigger pills, he tends to chew, and in the case of the multivitamin he's getting (sangobion), results in a fair amount of the powder in the capsule bursting and getting all over his beard.
Its not very efficient, and its too big for him to swallow comfortably anyway.
I know generally with medicines, its not a good idea to crush it up - but this is basically an iron suppliment. Is there any better way to give it to him?
Two things we'd do with reluctant dogs and regular medications is either mix it with some wet dog food or some low-fat salad dressing. It's easy to break the capsule open and hard pills can be stuck in a small piece of aluminum foil or plastic wrap and tap it with a hammer till it's powder. I used to keep a plastic spoon. I'd put the powder on it, and a spoon worth of low-fat honey mustard dressing, and my lab would suck down her joint supplements with no problems.
I inserted the capsule inside a piece of chicken liver and gave him a few bits of plain liver before giving him the liver with the capsule.
