I’m not sure I’m willing to subject a poor innocent animal to that. But if they are willing, I would be inclined to pay for some of the best care they can have for the rest of their life.
I know a Dog that would eat the treat, swallow, and then open it's mouth and you'd watch the medicine just slide out of it's open maw, then he'd sit there all proud.
It should be so obvious. I get something delicious and, unbeknownst to me, I am healthier and/or more protected than before I ate the delicious thing. Magic
They do, yet horses are little shits who spook because a leaf fell in Nicaragua; having a syringe thrust into their mouth is a recipe for the medicine to end up on the floor
It is that to protect the kids argument in case they get ahold of it. Life made that much harder for the one bad scenario. When you should just keep it locked away if you have kids or animals.
Some medicines taste less bad, and are easier to disguise. When I had my wisdom teeth removed as a teenager, I didn't think I'd be able to swallow the giant penicillin tablets, so I asked my mom to crush it up and mix it into a full cup of apple sauce. I didn't realize it would taste like mold - choked down every bite of it. The next couple doses I only mixed it with a single spoonful, so it was all down in one go!
Nah, it's just that the medicine itself tends to be bitter or otherwise offputting and it can be concealed only so much. Some dog and cat medicine come fish/meat flavored but many pets still spit them out.
It's this. Turns out a lot of the active ingredients just don't taste good. No matter how much good tasting stuff you add, the bad taste is still there. It can't be removed.
My aunt's dog is so easy to dog-sit and give pills to because she just eats EVERYTHING. She's so food motivated she'll eat anything you give her with a sing-song voice.
Their other dog got a tiny green pill that they would seemingly swallow but I would sometimes find in their pet bed. He was kind of devious in other ways, so I'm certain he was hiding it and spitting it out later.
The ones the vet gives me are "supposedly" beef flavored, but my dog never wanted to touch them, and they still smell pretty medicine-like to me. I just have to shove it down her throat and then offer a treat.
What I do now is get soft, squishy ' meat ' treats. I give her some higher quality kibble, so I get some junk food treats like BilJacs and such. They're squishy, so I can mold them kinda like playdoh. Kneed them into a ball, push the pill between, then mold it around a bit more. Makes her excited I have a treat I'm playing with, and even when she decides to chew for once, she doesn't notice the pills inside. Then I also don't have to be the bad guy forcing her to swallow something she doesn't /1
want to ...since I already have to be the asshole holding her muzzle to push her head back and give her eye drops 6 x a day, lol. I wish I could explain to my pets what I was doing to them ...
HyruleCucco
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specicom
I'm going to steal this technique!
willpostanything
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hannahbutnotreally
Get medicated, idiot.
vicvalour
Come get your dinner, gosh
4zkdefragkki
This makes me miss my old dog. Such a good boi. He would swallow the medicine, then expect a treat.
stonecoldstevebuschemi
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ronisneat
I always upvote Dr Steve Brule. Great Job.
ahorseelbowdeepinme
Did you find this while looking for the latest political news and thus Googling "orange ass"
itsallaboutthecones
As someone who is equally disgusted and terrified by the current admin, we can just let ONE post go by without mentioning Cheeto Mussolini.
ahorseelbowdeepinme
Yeah but you gotta admit, "orange ass", the jokes write themselves at that point
TheWhiteBarry
There's a joke in here about the orange tricking people into eating horse dewormer
briklyn
Let us know when you find it.
MrsBlancheDevereaux
Donkeys are amazing. Sadly too many donkeys are mistreated around the world
anirri
Haha what a jackass!
unnecessarycommapolice
Asses are so cute
2ndRollYo
Teef
sirdouglasbuttersworth
Perfect timing on deploying the meds too 👌
Einstein9073
it's orange flavor
cllg
Now he has a taste for orange we can send him to Washington
stayingalive4life
I’m not sure I’m willing to subject a poor innocent animal to that. But if they are willing, I would be inclined to pay for some of the best care they can have for the rest of their life.
somnif
You know I'm not sure I've ever seen orange flavored horse goop. Most of it seems to be apple flavored. Not sure why.
missojennie
ElChupaNuggra
I know a Dog that would eat the treat, swallow, and then open it's mouth and you'd watch the medicine just slide out of it's open maw, then he'd sit there all proud.
JetsterDajet
"I know the part that's not food. I'm very smart. Another, please."
ShadeMeadowsArt
DUMMY!!
Doctorfatherson
I love that guy
UncleToot
LenneSamunai
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boostcreep
I hear this so perfectly.
yourbassist
Yoink
kohrah
hehehe
ndusr
You should really check out the other videos on his ASMR channel
LadyNetrex
Who?
gaggedandgooped
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ndusr
the donkey ofc
LadyNetrex
Smayds
My wife, Eleanor.
BuckinCrazy
Honestly, it should taste good because if it does they will be more inclined to cooperate. We can stop being the bad taste aliens to them.
DefinitelyaHumanNotanAlien
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Causeitsmadeofmeat
Most medicines are alkaloid, therefore bitter. That's why the flavourings are so sweet they taste awful
SweetRedDog
It should be so obvious. I get something delicious and, unbeknownst to me, I am healthier and/or more protected than before I ate the delicious thing. Magic
PerrinAybara564
They do, yet horses are little shits who spook because a leaf fell in Nicaragua; having a syringe thrust into their mouth is a recipe for the medicine to end up on the floor
DeadyBearr
You'd think. My kid refuses to take medicine and it's literally sugar flavored. I don't buy the nasty cherry stuff.
evocatiranch
It tastes great. It's sweet like an apple hard candy. I used to vet tech and I've gotten it in my mouth from horse shenanigans.
specicom
Equest (Moxidectin) is awfully bitter for my taste, though.
MyRespectableAlterEgo
@elbowdeepinahorse
TheFastpaws
It is that to protect the kids argument in case they get ahold of it. Life made that much harder for the one bad scenario. When you should just keep it locked away if you have kids or animals.
TheWhiteBarry
Explain amoxicillin then. When I was a kid I craved the bubble gum juice!
TetraNordeh
Some medicines taste less bad, and are easier to disguise. When I had my wisdom teeth removed as a teenager, I didn't think I'd be able to swallow the giant penicillin tablets, so I asked my mom to crush it up and mix it into a full cup of apple sauce. I didn't realize it would taste like mold - choked down every bite of it. The next couple doses I only mixed it with a single spoonful, so it was all down in one go!
keoghberry
As an adult I still request the liquid bubblegum antibiotic that's intended for children. I hate taking tablets and I have free will
Magpiebones
Nah, it's just that the medicine itself tends to be bitter or otherwise offputting and it can be concealed only so much. Some dog and cat medicine come fish/meat flavored but many pets still spit them out.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
It's this. Turns out a lot of the active ingredients just don't taste good. No matter how much good tasting stuff you add, the bad taste is still there. It can't be removed.
Ryebread91
Unless you coat it in sugar like Sudafed.
Magpiebones
Yep. We are all hardwired to hate them because unless you know it's right kind of dose in right kind of time, those same chemicals could be poison.
r0b0tc0rpse
The pills I use to give my cousin's dog while dog sitting were beef flavored. :D
Strategicgnomer
What about the pills you gave while standing?
r0b0tc0rpse
what?
KileyBarker
My aunt's dog is so easy to dog-sit and give pills to because she just eats EVERYTHING. She's so food motivated she'll eat anything you give her with a sing-song voice.
r0b0tc0rpse
Their other dog got a tiny green pill that they would seemingly swallow but I would sometimes find in their pet bed. He was kind of devious in other ways, so I'm certain he was hiding it and spitting it out later.
metroid2
Did you try one?
r0b0tc0rpse
No.
ThatRaccoonGuy
The ones the vet gives me are "supposedly" beef flavored, but my dog never wanted to touch them, and they still smell pretty medicine-like to me. I just have to shove it down her throat and then offer a treat.
Hextant
What I do now is get soft, squishy ' meat ' treats. I give her some higher quality kibble, so I get some junk food treats like BilJacs and such. They're squishy, so I can mold them kinda like playdoh. Kneed them into a ball, push the pill between, then mold it around a bit more. Makes her excited I have a treat I'm playing with, and even when she decides to chew for once, she doesn't notice the pills inside. Then I also don't have to be the bad guy forcing her to swallow something she doesn't /1
Hextant
want to ...since I already have to be the asshole holding her muzzle to push her head back and give her eye drops 6 x a day, lol. I wish I could explain to my pets what I was doing to them ...
YoureWaifuAShit
i had to do this for close to a year with my cat. barbiturates inside a molding of cheese. she never rejected the pills after i figured that out.