Velveeta or Cheeze Whiz?Hmmmm ...... We chose the Velveeta .......

[Stinky The Clown]

I needed something in which to roll up pills to feed to Big.

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We were using Muenster. It is a bit too prone to crumbling to contain the pills. Besides, Little, who gets non-pilled bits of the same stuff, doesn't like Muenster. She prefers Swiss. Which is also too crumble prone when wrapped around a pill ..... plus we're out of it.

Big has enough pills that she'll be taking them for a month ..... maybe longer (see the linked thread).

So I thought about getting Cheeze Whiz. Gooey glop. Dip a pill in it and it would be coated perfectly. But what a mess. I don't want to deal with droppings of Cheeze Whiz mixed with Big Dog Slobber/Spit.

Plan B was Velveeta.

It is perfect. PlastiCheeze. Individually wrapped semi-sticky slabs of a shiny material in a bright, happy color not known to Mother Nature.

Did you know that you can tear Velveeta into perfectly straight lines and, without use of a knife, make one slice into six identically sized rectangles, each perfectly suited for rolling around a pill or a capsule meant to be ingested for medicinal purposes by a large dog with giant teeth?

Did you know that?

Its true.

In the past, cheese and pill were often spit out separately and then the 'good bits' licked off the floor whilst the pill (or the capsule's contents) remained for the sweeper.

Not so with ......... ***VELVEETA***. :)

It is gooey so it sticks and coats the pill. It is sufficiently dry that it goes easily into a human palm, creating the illusion of a treat for the (really not so) smart dogs to really want. "See? All the other doggies want this. Don't you want it too, sweetie?"

A big wet tongue extends from the mouth. The tongue encounters the VELVEETA. No hint of pill.

Chomp. Chomp. Gulp.

Tail wagging.

Eyes on me.

"You got any more of that?"

"Yes, baby. Here you go! Two more! Yummy, huh?"



VELVEETA. It isn't just for Wonder Bread grilled cheese sandwiches any more.

[Lucinda]

1. Score one for the hoomans!

It makes killer rotel dip too. :)

[Coyote_Bandit]

2. I pill one of my dogs twice a day

Have for several months now. I also use cheese. Pill has yet to be detected and all of the dogs have now learned the word "cheese."

I use generic processed cheese slices (like Kraft). Fold slice in quarters. I get two days of dog cheese out of one cheese slice. As I use a quarter I re-wrap the remaining quarters to keep them fresh, pliable and sticky. Each quarter is folded in half and formed into a ball - one of which contains a pill. Small enough for even my little dogs to swallow whole - yet sticky enough to camoflague those pills.

[troubleinwinter]

3. You can also wrap babies in Reddi-Whip

[Warpy]

4. Velveeta is the fake cheese of choice here in NM

to be melted with salsa and dribbled over a bowl of tortilla chips before being topped with seventeen types of fattening crapola as nachos.

When I get into one of those prolonged "don't wanna cook" periods, Velveeta onto hot pasta makes enough of an instant cheesey sauce to flavor it and quickly cures the anti culinary mood I'm in.

Just don't try to call it "cheese." I'm not quite sure what it is, but it's not cheese.

[grasswire]

5. Have you heard of Pill Pockets?

They're made by Greenies. Little balls of dough with a pocket inside for the pill. Canine ones, and feline ones. $8 for about fifty of them. Velveeta's probably cheaper. But cats won't eat it.

[Stinky The Clown]

8. We're really fortunate with our cat - she has never had a single medical issue

She gets her checkup and she has always (so far) gotten a clean bill of health.

Knowing what a ....... mmmmmm ....... cat's cat she is, I can't even imagine having to give her pills. She'd scold me to death!

[hippywife]

11. We have an older arthritic cat that we

give half a baby aspirin to from time to time. We just bury it in a wad of wet cat food, which she never gets otherwise. She's so excited she never notices the little pill in all that salmony goodness. LOL

[troubleinwinter]

9. For cats:

A lovely 1/2" thick hunk of liverwurst at the deli counter.

[hippywife]

6. I've always used peanut butter.

They have to swallow the pill coz it's stuck to the roof of their mouth in the peanut butter. LOL

But heck, anything that works is good, I guess. Just relieved to read that it wasn't used for human consumption.

:hi:

[housewolf]

7. I use peanut butter

Open the jar of peanut butter. Stick a knife in and pull a bit out on the knife. Stick the pill into the peanut butter. Dog opens mouth, turn knife upside down while going into dog's mouth, dog licks the peanut butter & pill off. Throw the knife in dishwasher.

It's been a no-fail method. I imagine yours is too. I've used cheese before but usually a harder chedder that breaks apart, so I imagine the velveeta method works much better than cheddar.

[hippywife]

10. My exact method, too.

Works like a charm every time. :hug:

[NashVegas]

12. What Ever Happened To the Old Throat Massage Routine?

Is that considered abusive now?

[hippywife]

13. No, just doesn't have the same

success rate. :rofl:

[kestrel91316]

14. Canned Cheez Whiz is an old vet standby for hiding pills.

I guess I need to add Velveeta. Have you tried it on any cats??