A real pill...

My lady friends Swissie and Jetta are visiting again! We love having them visit the Moose lodge but lately momma has noticed that they are quite the pill poppers! I take some pills too but as a card carrying labradog it is my policy to eat things first and ask questions later. Momma gives me something & I eat it no problem! I do prefer a sort of topping on the white one, you know maybe a little cream cheese to help it go down but I will eat the fishoil one plain and really consider it a light snack!

Jetta (also a card carrying labradog) has the same policy, however momma says Swiss Miss is a real pill when it comes to taking her pills. Momma has to really hide them all the way and even still Swissie will spit it out and lick all the good stuff off! There are these things called pill pockets out there but it is expensive for a doggie who would need 4 of them every day! There is also this stuff that is like edible play doh for dogs but it is pretty expensive too (and they stopped making it anyway!).

So momma remembered that people sometimes make edible playdoh for kids and maybe that would work for us so she tried out the recipe.
She puts peanut butter, bee juice and powdered cow (at least that is what is on the box!) and mixes it all together!

From momma:  it is equal parts dried non-fat milk, peanut butter & honey. I have found that more dried milk may be needed depending on the peanut butter you use. A table spoon of flour can also be added if it is still too sticky! you should be able to form it into a ball without leaving a big mess. It is much less messy than regular peanut butter or cream cheese and does a better job of really hiding the pills- espescially the large glucosamine & fish oil capsules. It needs to be stored in an air tight container but will last a long time. 

Here I am showing Swissie how it is done!
Swiss Miss can't feel the pill so she gobbles it up no questions asked.If she keeps it up Jetta and I are going to make her an honorary labradog!

Momma also has another trick too that is even wayyyy better than that but may gross out some of you peoples. She will stuff a pill in one of the holes that are already in a chicken heart! She says they are "nature's pill pockets". Hee hee whatever, even Swiss miss does not question a chicken heart! Total yummers!