I am writing this particular entry for those that are having a hard time getting their dogs to take whatever pills you are wanting them to take (and I would like to insert here to NEVER give your dog Tylenol/aceteminophine or aspirin for pain, only give them ibuprofen). Mine is the easiet, most effective way to get it done and is over with in a few seconds.
There are sites all OVER the internet that tell you to hide pills in their dog food, rolled up in a piece of cheese, hidden in meat, whatever. Dogs have a very keen sense of smell, they can smell that thing in there and more often than not either won't eat what you are attempting to hide the pill in or will "remove" the pill and then eat the treat.
The following works, every single time, without fail: Get a hold of the dog's snout (from the top), pull up and open his mouth. Put the pill on your fingertips and stick it as far back in his mouth as you can get it. Then, with one finger only, push the pill all the way to the back of his mouth. Let go of his snout, lift his head up a little and massage his throat gently. The dog has no choice but to swallow the pill. Actually, if you get the pill far enough in the back of his mouth, you need not do anything else, he won't be able to eject it with his tongue.
If he is able to spit it out, then you simply did not get it far enough back. I doubt I am the only person to ever have done this, but I developed this method on my own after having had enough of spending far too much time trying to trick the dog into eating pills. This method literally only takes seconds once you get the hang of it and works every single time.
