Low-fat cream cheese works for us! (Although generally my dogs will scarf down anything, especially if you accidentally drop it on the floor!)
Anne with Maddie and Titan Cranford, NJ In a message dated 4/5/2003 10:28:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Pippa.....I told my vet that my guys loved their pills in peanut butter, > > and he said something about the fat in the peanut butter made it hard for > > the pills to be digested.? > > Are you giving the pills with a spoonful of "Natural" ground peanut butter, > or Skippy? A teaspoon of real, natural ground peanut butter, 3-4 times per > day, depending on your dogs pill requirements should not cause a problem. > Commercially processed peanut butters, such as Skippy and Peter Pan contain > sugars, and "partially hydrogentated vegetable oils" (rapeseed, cottonseed > and soybean). > > Having dealt with a dog who needed multiple pills per day, I'd go with > whatever he "enjoyed"! We exhausted "wrapped in cheese", and "surrounded > by steak". There is something about the licking of the peanut butter that > discourages them from just eating the "goods" and spitting out the pills. > > Does anyone have information on the digestibility of pills if taken with > fats??? I thought the peanut butter on a spoon what the > end-all, be-all of > pill taking! > > Janice Parky > North Truro, MA
