When your dog or cat becomes sick it would require for it to take his medication. Just like a baby who needs a whole lot of convincing to drink the medicines, a dog or cat is just the same. The only difference between a baby and a dog taking medications is that when you give medication to a baby you don’t risk losing any fingers. Here are some tips that may help you preserve your fingers when administering medication to your pet.

Liquid Medications:
• Draw the prescribed amount of medication in the oral syringe or eyedropper.
• Gently grasp the head of the dog. If you are left handed use the other hand and vice versa. The hand should be on top of the muzzle with the thumb on one side and the other fingers on the other side. Try to avoid holding the lower jaw. Also prevent it from holding it too tight and uncomfortable that the dog will not swallow.
• To hold the front legs and chest to make sure your pet will be still you might have to ask someone for help. It can also help to wrap your dog in a blanket or towel to further restrain them.
• To open the mouth raise the nose pointing towards the ceiling and squeeze your thumbs and fingers firmly just behind the upper canine teeth.
• The tip of the syringe or eyedropper should be in the mouth just behind the long canine teeth. It should be an area where there are either small teeth, flat teeth, or no teeth at all. Then, advance the dropper until it is just past the tooth line.
• Administer the medication slowly. It should be done in away where the medication should be dripping not faster than the amount your dog can swallow.
• The dog will spit some of the medicine out and be prepared for it. When these happen do not re-administer another dose of the medication until you have felt that the whole medication has been swallowed.
• Be quick about it. The quicker the procedure the more cooperative the dog will be.
• To make future medicine times easier give some treats after the medication or praise him or her.

Try to make administering liquid medicine easier for you and your dog. The treats and praises you give your dog will make him or her see that after the medication something good will come out. If your finger does get eaten maybe that will be enough treat for your dog.