Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
Best thing about a dog wriggling and squirming and fighting and fussing to avoid eye drops is that's the perfect time to send a suppository to its eternal home...
All we gotta do is find a company that makes suppositories to treat doggie eye problems.
My first thought is showing them a really tasty treat, getting them to sit for it, putting them in a headlock and eyedropping them with the treat still in front of them, and then giving them the treat as a reward afterwards.
My first thought is showing them a really tasty treat, getting them to sit for it, putting them in a headlock and eyedropping them with the treat still in front of them, and then giving them the treat as a reward afterwards.
We've tried this with Uschi, it's amazing how little he cared about the treat once he realised an eye drop situation was happening.
@Veldrin I wish you luck, giving Usch eyedrops was a three-person job. Thank fuck it was only for a week.
Anyone got any tips on administering eye drops to an extremely strong and wildly flailing 27kg bag of bones who hates eye drops with a passion?
Bonus points for doing it twice a day without assistance.
I sit on the couch, have my legs under Bodhi's chest then lean over him and hug his neck and use that hand to open his eye and the other one also helps open his eye and administers the drop at the same time, then non stop treats once we are done. The big thing is holding his neck still just because it is so strong if you don't have it held down to begin with if he wants to move he is going to.
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Non-stop treats helps with Bodhi. He’ll do anything for chook or cheese. We’re lucky there.
If your hound isn’t super good-motivated though, that ain’t gonna work too well. If that’s the case maybe you could try to do them right before a thing she really likes, like a walk?
Yeah, unfortunately Ori's attitude to rewards is often less "if I do the thing I get the treat" and more "if I defeat the oppressor I get the treat", despite our best efforts to reinforce otherwise. Poor girl hates things near her face, and is so strong-willed that she'll literally struggle to the point of hurting herself to avoid it.
It's manageable with two people, because I can focus on safely and comfortably restraining her while Nat does the drops. Alone though, it's just not happening, so right now I'm working on more of a stealth hit-and-run (with reward) approach, which unfortunately results in a lot of wastage and isn't viable long-term.
Yeah, unfortunately Ori's attitude to rewards is often less "if I do the thing I get the treat" and more "if I defeat the oppressor I get the treat", despite our best efforts to reinforce otherwise. Poor girl hates things near her face, and is so strong-willed that she'll literally struggle to the point of hurting herself to avoid it.
It's manageable with two people, because I can focus on safely and comfortably restraining her while Nat does the drops. Alone though, it's just not happening, so right now I'm working on more of a stealth hit-and-run (with reward) approach, which unfortunately results in a lot of wastage and isn't viable long-term.
Would a long walk or extended game of fetch be an option? Burn off some energy, try to wear her out a bit, before the wrap and eye drops?
Yeah, unfortunately Ori's attitude to rewards is often less "if I do the thing I get the treat" and more "if I defeat the oppressor I get the treat", despite our best efforts to reinforce otherwise. Poor girl hates things near her face, and is so strong-willed that she'll literally struggle to the point of hurting herself to avoid it.
It's manageable with two people, because I can focus on safely and comfortably restraining her while Nat does the drops. Alone though, it's just not happening, so right now I'm working on more of a stealth hit-and-run (with reward) approach, which unfortunately results in a lot of wastage and isn't viable long-term.
Would a long walk or extended game of fetch be an option? Burn off some energy, try to wear her out a bit, before the wrap and eye drops?
Nope, I’ve tried this, believe me.
Girl has a reservoir of energy dedicated solely to hulking out when it’s medicine time.
Anyone got any tips on administering eye drops to an extremely strong and wildly flailing 27kg bag of bones who hates eye drops with a passion?
Bonus points for doing it twice a day without assistance.
Oh yeah the first few weeks or months of this Absolutely Fucking Suck. She should (should) eventually realize the drops are not, in fact, her approaching demise and chill out when you give them, but until then what we had to double team it most of the time. Straddling their shoulders and holding them in place with your legs can help in the short term.
Yeah I kind of jujitsu my dogs with my legs so they can’t move. Gaston is thankfully good with drops because what the fuck could I do if he wasn’t. My Lhasas consider it a form of senseless torture.
Our old dog is rapidly losing the ability to use her hind legs, it's gotten pretty bad so it might be the end soon. It is so hard watching it get worse. She seems happy day to day, but she can barely walk now when she could walk fine a month ago. And it's so hard to tell if dogs are in general pain, they just put up with anything and soldier on like nothing's wrong. I thought the cancer she was diagnosed with 3 or so years ago was gonna be what did her in but it just never spread, despite the prognosis of 6 months to live. God I hate this, fuck death.
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Tynnanseldom correct, never unsureRegistered Userregular
So I’ve had a major breakthrough with Ori taking her eye meds. Well... probably more accurate to say that I’ve used my ultimate secret weapon:
My Dad, her second most favourite person in the whole world, who I’m pretty sure has the mutant power of chilling any dog out just by being in the same room as them.
A fortunate change of work location now means he’s able to pop by twice a day and give her a big old hug while I apply the eye drops properly, and she is absolutely cool with it now. This morning she even preemptively moved to get into position, which is a huge relief.
Best thing about a dog wriggling and squirming and fighting and fussing to avoid eye drops is that's the perfect time to send a suppository to its eternal home...
All we gotta do is find a company that makes suppositories to treat doggie eye problems.
My dog though very strong will just give up knowing I am stronger than he is and just sit there
Yeah I kind of jujitsu my dogs with my legs so they can’t move. Gaston is thankfully good with drops because what the fuck could I do if he wasn’t. My Lhasas consider it a form of senseless torture.
Mabel and Usch are eye-drop avoiding ninjas but Ziggy has 'resting astonished face', which makes it easy. I do worry she has no nerve endings in her eyeballs or something.
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Ended up spending 3 hours with Reo at the vet last night because he started refusing to eat after previously being the most food obsessed dog I've ever seen.
2 examinations, subcutaneous fluis, and anti-nausea meds later, we're pretty sure the cause is.....the plastic bins we moved the food into to prevent mice from getting into it. When we got home he happily munched everything except the food from the bins, and even ate that food once we mixed some yogurt or cheese into it.
Curse you, dog, for that being the one thing you're picky about.
I finally figured it out. How to make Vivi a lap kitty.
Put a big pillow in my lap first. She won't really get into the space between my legs, but she's such a goddamn Empress, that she needs her own pillow.
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webguy20I spend too much time on the InternetRegistered Userregular
I finally figured it out. How to make Vivi a lap kitty.
Put a big pillow in my lap first. She won't really get into the space between my legs, but she's such a goddamn Empress, that she needs her own pillow.
One of our cats is the same way, regular lap, no go, but put a blanket over your legs? She'll be there for hours if you let her.
Ruby, my parents 9 year old Welsh Springer spaniel trying to figure out if she can get through the window in to the living room where I'm sat with my four week old baby.
Stanley does a sweep of the garden before he goes for a wee making sure it's safe from any people looking to invade, any cats looking to intrude or any, well, anything that shouldn't be there
He has a pretty set route where he'll bark at the back gate, bark at the side gate, bark at the side door, and then check along the shed wall for anything suspicious
The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
@Gundi sorry to hear about your cat, we can be sad together
had to put down our dog today. Cried for a while, now I'm just trying to keep my mind off it posting and watching SGDQ. I keep looking for her as I walk around the house.
for the past couple days since my cat has become so unwell I've basically been spending as much time as I can with her in my closet (cats like hidey holes especially when they are feeling terrible) and i coo at her and try to calm her by rubber her head and I sometimes bring a cup of water in there so she can lick water off my fingers to wet her very dry throat. she comes and goes.
I'm about 99.9% certain that she's got really progressed kidney failure.
Uschi was chosen as a Doggy Ambassador to a local park. He had a pro photoshoot and everything.
But for some maniacal reason, they wanted to use this as one of his official photos:
Uschi was chosen as a Doggy Ambassador to a local park. He had a pro photoshoot and everything.
But for some maniacal reason, they wanted to use this as one of his official photos:
It's inspired quite the family caption contest
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All we gotta do is find a company that makes suppositories to treat doggie eye problems.
I'm quite seriously considering this
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We've tried this with Uschi, it's amazing how little he cared about the treat once he realised an eye drop situation was happening.
@Veldrin I wish you luck, giving Usch eyedrops was a three-person job. Thank fuck it was only for a week.
I sit on the couch, have my legs under Bodhi's chest then lean over him and hug his neck and use that hand to open his eye and the other one also helps open his eye and administers the drop at the same time, then non stop treats once we are done. The big thing is holding his neck still just because it is so strong if you don't have it held down to begin with if he wants to move he is going to.
Satans..... hints.....
If your hound isn’t super good-motivated though, that ain’t gonna work too well. If that’s the case maybe you could try to do them right before a thing she really likes, like a walk?
It's manageable with two people, because I can focus on safely and comfortably restraining her while Nat does the drops. Alone though, it's just not happening, so right now I'm working on more of a stealth hit-and-run (with reward) approach, which unfortunately results in a lot of wastage and isn't viable long-term.
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Would a long walk or extended game of fetch be an option? Burn off some energy, try to wear her out a bit, before the wrap and eye drops?
Nope, I’ve tried this, believe me.
Girl has a reservoir of energy dedicated solely to hulking out when it’s medicine time.
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Oh yeah the first few weeks or months of this Absolutely Fucking Suck. She should (should) eventually realize the drops are not, in fact, her approaching demise and chill out when you give them, but until then what we had to double team it most of the time. Straddling their shoulders and holding them in place with your legs can help in the short term.
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My Dad, her second most favourite person in the whole world, who I’m pretty sure has the mutant power of chilling any dog out just by being in the same room as them.
A fortunate change of work location now means he’s able to pop by twice a day and give her a big old hug while I apply the eye drops properly, and she is absolutely cool with it now. This morning she even preemptively moved to get into position, which is a huge relief.
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My dog though very strong will just give up knowing I am stronger than he is and just sit there
It turns out she is not picky.
Mabel and Usch are eye-drop avoiding ninjas but Ziggy has 'resting astonished face', which makes it easy. I do worry she has no nerve endings in her eyeballs or something.
2 examinations, subcutaneous fluis, and anti-nausea meds later, we're pretty sure the cause is.....the plastic bins we moved the food into to prevent mice from getting into it. When we got home he happily munched everything except the food from the bins, and even ate that food once we mixed some yogurt or cheese into it.
Curse you, dog, for that being the one thing you're picky about.
Put a big pillow in my lap first. She won't really get into the space between my legs, but she's such a goddamn Empress, that she needs her own pillow.
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One of our cats is the same way, regular lap, no go, but put a blanket over your legs? She'll be there for hours if you let her.
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He has a pretty set route where he'll bark at the back gate, bark at the side gate, bark at the side door, and then check along the shed wall for anything suspicious
I'm about 99.9% certain that she's got really progressed kidney failure.
But for some maniacal reason, they wanted to use this as one of his official photos:
It's inspired quite the family caption contest
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"Why are you here? I quit the ruff life years ago."
"This city berneeds you."