Day 6

[stoutfellow]

We're only a few days into Gracie's healing regimen, but she does seem to be improving. She's gone on walks without demur the last three days; the prickles in her ear - presumably allergic in origin - seem to have vanished; and the genital inflammation seems much better.

The vet mentioned that one of the pills would probably increase Gracie's thirst and urination. :sigh: This prediction has been validated.

I said before that Gracie would take pills from my hand without reservation. This is no longer true. She's made the connection between Baytril and feeling urpy, so she spits out the pills if I just hand them to her. Fortunately, peanut butter is an adequate mask.

(As an aside: giving peanut butter to dogs provides multiple sources of entertainment. Setting aside the roof-of-the-mouth problem, watching dogs try to lick the last of the PB off your fingers - with tongues that, coated with peanut butter already, do no more than spread it around - is pretty amusing.)

Comments

[sraun]

Have you run across Pill Pockets? They come in two sizes, depending on the med. My dogs, and a friend's dog, think they are the most wonderful treat!

[stoutfellow]

I think you mentioned them once before, when Murphy was having his troubles. They do sound useful, but I always have peanut butter available....