No, I'm not upset at all.
I was just a little confused as to where you'd get the idea that meds would be stronger if they were not diluted by food. I've never heard that before so I was kind of taken aback. And my suggestion of mixing it with food was the same suggestion CP gave you 11 posts before. Sorry if I offended you, that was not my intent.
Oh, and I meant to say before: For the record, I give liquid meds to dogs very often, and I will testify to the fact that it is much harder to squirt liquids into a small dog's mouth than a large dog's! I don't think it has to do with the strength of the dog so much as the fact that larger dogs can't move as fast, there's more body to hang on to, and their mouthes are larger which makes it easier to get the syringe in there. So don't feel bad that you are having a hard time with this!
I am -very- much relieved. You should've seen the mini-rant that I originally posted...though I did admit at the end that I had a -HORRIBLE- day today, so that might've made me 'over-sensitive' (sorry!). (some of the horribleness due to the stress that I had from worrying about Wanta. I want the best for her, but sometimes I am truly
ignorant with regards to her care. Well, it's why I'm here, I guess...).
"I was just a little confused as to where you'd get the idea that meds would be stronger if they were not diluted by food. "
to explain this bit, it's because of my personal experience with medications. With minocycline, for example, I've found that taking it without food amplified its effect. If I took it with food, sometimes it wouldn't even register.
Given how worried I was about Wanta's pain, it scared me to think that if I mixed the medicine with food, that Wanta's pain reduction would not be as effective. Also, my reply to you was rather honest, though I guess from a 3rd person perspective it could sound a bit ridiculous. But, honestly it was new information to me. And tbqh, it was a relief as well. How easy for me to just mix her a chicken/rice/medicine dinner! I really did not like the idea of 'forcing' wanta to do -anything- against her will...
"And my suggestion of mixing it with food was the same suggestion CP gave you 11 posts before"
To explain my thinking, when I read this post, I doubted it (sorry CP!). Your post had a lot more 'convincing/evidence power' in it. But with regards to the prior post, I was more bent on my own experience with medications. I'm not implying anything was wrong with CP's post -at all- btw! Just explaining why I wasn't necessarily convinced at that point in time.
"Sorry if I offended you, that was not my intent."
I'm sorry for being over-sensitive. But dam, today was just -such- a pain. I suppose stress makes you more paranoid.
"and their mouthes are larger which makes it easier to get the syringe in there"
lol, good point Lizzy
"So don't feel bad that you are having a hard time with this!"
thx Lizzy. But man, I -am relieved- I can just cook some simple dinner for her. Wanta will be happy, she rarely gets human food
. We tried the food-tactic tonight (before this post actually) and it worked like a charm. Though she gobbled up that food quite fast. She really likes chicken apparently.
But again thx everyone and Lizzy. Sorry for my mini-rants, today was just -major suck-! *prays for a better tomorrow*