Giving dogs tablets if they refuse to swallow them

Ask your veterinarian if the tablet has to be swallowed whole, because if it doesn’t then you can crush it into some food that the dog particularly likes to eat.

Or if it has to be whole then try to put it in a piece of sausage or cheese or what ever the dog really likes as a treat. If in the situation the dog can not take food with the tablet then you must put the tablet in the make sure they swallow it.

Hold the tablet with one hand and with the other open the dogs mouth by pressing on the lower incisors, then place the tablet on the centre of the tongue and close the mouth keeping the mouth closed by your hands for a couple of seconds until the dog has been forced to swallow the tablet.

It is always handy if someone else could help you; either hold the dog and give the tablet, especially if it is a big dog.