Idea Exchange: Medicine is easier to swallow when it tastes like peanut butter

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When administering bad-tasting medicine to dogs, put the medicine on a piece of bread and spread a small amount of peanut butter over it.

When administering bad-tasting medicine to dogs, put the medicine on a piece of bread and spread a small amount of peanut butter over it. Most dogs love peanut butter, and it hides the taste of the medicine.

Kim Eugley, LVT

Puryear, Tenn.

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