Worming tablet morning. Sophie swallows hers like an angel. Bob spits his out no less than five times. The word 'exasperation' comes to mind. 'The Font' finds small pieces of chewed worming tablet in the library and the hallway. It can safely be said that we now have one fully wormed PON and one that is partially wormed.
The PONs sit on the garden table and watch the workmen. Someone cuts a power cable. The electricity in the house goes off. Bob and Sophie monitor the ensuing comings and goings with great interest.
The wrens that nest in the wisteria have taken to perching on one of the olive trees by the front door. This impertinence drives Sophie wild. The olive tree , faced with the onslaught of a female PON in pursuit of recalcitrant wrens, has now developed a list. A house with PONs will always have that 'lived in' look.
Early morning dog walkers won't want to miss this. http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury
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Our Labs have Milbemax chewable worming tablets which are soft, so we break them up into small pieces to put in their kibble. Usually they go down with no problem. The alternative is to break them into two and hide them in one of those triangular "Vache qui rire" cheeses - cut into three - two pieces with worming tablet and one without - it never fails.
If it's dark on our morning walk, I am usually too busy looking where I'm going to enjoy the wonders of the pre-dawn sky !
Impertinent wrens indeed. What a cheek!
Not even an ample wrapping of chevres or Salers would mask the smell of the worming tablets from Bob. Cheese swallowed - tablet returned.
Our dog used to catch a piece of meat and swallow it so fast he didn't even taste it ... three little pieces of meat, the first without meat, the second with, the third without ... he was so stupid he never worked it out. But, Bob is not stupid... I'm not taking a bet on it working!
You're right not to take a bet on it working - Bob got wise to that trick a couple of years ago. Once again we're amazed at the difference in characters. Sophie is a hoover on legs - animal, vegetable, mineral - in her eyes it's all edible. Bob is, for some unknown reason, much more cautious.
Shameless !
We give our dog a monthly heartworm prevention medication, Heartgaard, but never anything for intestinal parasites.
No vet has ever suggested doing so. The heartworm med is so delicious apparently that she gets excited waiting for
the blister pack to be opened. They look like canine brownies, but they're beef flavored.
Checked the pre-dawn sky. and found all three planets albeit a faint Mercury. Good job, Bob!
Fortunately, Edward considers his monthly heartworm pill to be candy. Apple will eat anything.
Maybe if you lead Bob to believe the tablet is the very last thing in the world you want him to eat he'll eat it.
Something about forbidden fruit...,
Is it possible to crush the tablet into powder, mix it with something moist that His Highness would accept?
Given up on chewable worming tablets here. The tablet is either taken voluntarily wrapped in something, or we use the 'poke and cheese' method.
Sound like a fun morning. Hope the farmers are all looking forward to the rugby final. Go the All Blacks!!!!!
Julie q
Have you tried hiding Bob's worming pill in liverwurst? The stink of that might mask the pill enough even for Bob. All the dogs I've ever had loved it.
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