Hunting dog owners, heads-up on xylitol in peanut butter

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RLLigman

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If you hide pills in a wad of peanut butter when administering them to your dog(s), you should check the label for xylitol, also sometimes referenced as "sugar" alcohol. In small quantities it is quite toxic in dogs.
 
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Thank you, I find butter on the pill helps the medicine go down,
The medicine go down, The medicine go down.
Guess I just showed my age.
 
If you hide pills in a wad of peanut butter when administering them to your dog(s), you should check the label for xylitol, also sometimes referenced as "sugar" alcohol. In small quantities it is quite toxic in dogs.
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It does a number on humans, too. As a recently diagnosed diabetic, I've been cutting sugars and other carbs. The good local ice cream place has a sugar free black raspberry that is pretty tasty, but it works about ten times faster than Ex Lax, even in the kiddie cone dose.

Will not make that mistake again.
 
RickL, yes, "pill pockets" worked quite well for the first six months or so, then we purchased a batch that were quite dry and crumbly. Dugan discovered what was inside (tramadol) and even when we switched to a different package he selectively discarded the pill pockets on the floor next to his food and water bowls. He is nearing his end and now is on a prednisone every other day as well. Since we have another labrador retriever in the house feeding on the same interval, we had to switch over to peanut butter. Apparently at thirteen, the nose that won him "best dog" honors among the seven labs we have owned is still working well!
 
RickL, Apparently at thirteen, the nose that won him "best dog" honors among the seven labs we have owned is still working well!
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some are incredible at detecting it- once had a dog- i would put the pill in a little ball of hamburger, then tease him with it and toss it to him. he would catch it and gulp it down in what seemed to be one motion - then look up at you and spit the pill out
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reminds me of a saint bernard I had as a kid that would gobble a plate of people food and leave behind only the peas.
 
Otto was always pill sensitive and nothing worked for very long, PB, cheese, macaroni, etc. He always figured it out until I tried plain generic yogurt. It meant pulling the capsules apart and mixing it it the yogurt but he never found out and figured he was getting a real treat.
 
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