The vet very kindly gave us some tranquilisers for the dogs, before we left Languedoc, with dosage instructions.
We decided to give them each half the maximum amount and see what happened. Frankly I’m not sure that it made the slightest bit of difference. Max, who’s the more hyper of the two, sat upright for several hours at the start of the journey, whilst Min, the more chilled, lay down straight away.
Anyway, this morning as we were leaving the hotel we put the same dosage for each of them in two lumps of cheese. Neither of them would eat but they always eat cheese and hiding pills in it is quite an effective way of giving medicine.
So there they were both sitting in the back of the car and I gave them the cheese. Max immediately spat his out, he won’t eat when he’s upset and sitting in the car is, for Max, a major upset.
Min, who eats anything without hesitation or question, immediately pounced on Max’s cheese and scoffed that as well.
We were about to have one very chilled dog. She was taking chillin' to a whole new level!
I envisaged that when we got to our next stop, Elvey Farm, we’d have to pour her out of the car. We’ll see.
I couldn’t stop laughing and of course Jan blamed me for incompetence.
For a second there I thought Jan blamed you for incontinence!
ReplyDeleteIf they are the same tranquilizer our French vet prescribed for Boris because he pants in the car, they were very mild and although they stopped him panting like crazy, the only other effect was drooling. As soon as he hopped out of the car he seemed to be fine.
I first came across yourLanguedoc Journal blog while researching our trip to France last year. I've continued reading it mainly because of your sense of humor. I guess now I'll have to plan a trip to England. Anyway, keep writing, it's enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteTo give Lulu a tablet, we glue it to piece of smoked salmon or smoked ham with cream cheese and fold it into a little parcel. She usualy swallows it ok and just when we think we are home and dry we hear that little "ting" as the tablet is spat out onto the floor.
ReplyDeleteDogs are so clever.