Course Details
No, this workshop isn’t about antidepressants. It’s about teaching your dog to swallow pills. Naked pills. This is a core husbandry behavior – one of the components of cooperative health-care. Though hiding medication in food or pill-pockets often works, it can backfire. You might find yourself needing to be ever more creative about what tasty food can disguise the pill. And sometimes, the bitter taste or weird sensation in the throat will become associated with food, causing your dog to hesitate when offered any treat or meal. We’ll look at some options for shaping pill-swallowing, which is actually an extension of the trick of fluent eating. Kathy’s experience working with zoo animals, including a current dilemma with an elephant, provides inspiration to share this information with everyone who cares for a dog.
Please note: working students will need to purchase "practice pills." To start this training, Kathy prefers size 4 empty gelatin capsules. (Colored ones, though a bit more costly, are easier to see; here's an example.)
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Lecture Publish Date: Sunday February 14
Video Submissions Due Date: Sunday Feb 21 @ 12pm noon PT
Feedback & Questions Video Publish Date: Wednesday February 24
Instructor: Kathy Sdao
