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1. Pick up cat and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.

2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.

3. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away.

4. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm, holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten.

5. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse from garden.

6. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler to mouth.
Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.

7. Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.

8. Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow pill down drinking straw.

9. Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink 1 beer to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.

10. Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Open another beer. Place cat in cupboard, and close door onto neck, to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with elastic band.

11. Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on hinges. Drink beer. Fetch bottle of scotch. Pour shot, drink. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus shot. Apply whiskey compress to cheek to disinfect. Toss back another shot. Throw Tee shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.

12. Call fire department to retrieve the damn cat from across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil wrap.

13. Tie the little bastard's front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table, find heavy-duty pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of fillet steak. Be rough about it. Hold head vertically and pour 2 pints of water down throat to wash pill down.

14. Consume remainder of scotch. Get spouse to drive you to the emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye. Call furniture shop on way home to order new table.

15. Arrange for SPCA to collect mutant cat from hell and call local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.

How To Give A Dog A Pill

1. Wrap it in bacon.

2. Toss it in the air.
 
That is excellent! I was literally laughing out loud. It reminds me a lot of trying to give my wife's retarded cat a bath.
 
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How To Give A Dog A Pill

1. Wrap it in bacon.

2. Toss it in the air.
That wouldn't work with Pancho. I learned early on that her 3 foot long tongue has more dexterity than a sleight-of-hand magician. Hers can separate the pill from the wrapping and spit out the "chewable" "dogs love them!" pill. :mad:

I have to cover everything thoroughly with a huge dollop of peanut butter. Not even cheeze-wiz or pill pouches work as well.
 
That is excellent! I was literally laughing out loud. It reminds me a lot of trying to give my wife's retarded cat a bath.

I'm not going to ask why you would want to give a cat a bath. Ours does himself virtually every waking moment (which are few and far between, naps are his favorite activity). :D
 
How Dogs and Cats View Us
The Dog
He gives me food.
He gives me water.
He must be a God!!!

The Cat
He gives me food.
He gives me water.
I am a God!!!
 
That is excellent! I was literally laughing out loud. It reminds me a lot of trying to give my wife's retarded cat a bath.

Wrap the cat in a net and dip it in the water. What's so hard
about that?

;-)
 
The dog one just ain't true. Peg can appear to have fallen for that one, only to make a funny face or two then hack up the offending pill. Even the supposedly-yummy, chewable pills she simply can't stand... she'll spit them out and somehow clean out the inside of her mouth with her tongue, then go get a drink of water.

I've occasionally ground up such pills and thoroughly mixed them with her food with fairly good results, but I can tell when she's eating that mix that she is trying to sift out the molecules of medicine with her tongue (which seems to have its own brain). :D

Unfortunately, if the directions say she must swallow it, I have to do it the hard way. But once you get the hang of it, it's no big deal, although the dog will have that "traitor!" look on its face afterwards. :D

The key thing is to not get all sweet and try to lure the dog to you- don't want them associating baby-talk and treats with being forced to take a pill. Like when it's bath-time, you just go and do what you must, without any deception or negotiation.
I used to work for a guy who would lovingly call his dogs to him before hitting them (for some minor infraction). That's a great way to mess up a dog's head. I hope they devour him in his sleep someday.
 
>peanut butter

ding ding ding ding
 
Oh man that had me laughing hard! been there done that!
 
That wouldn't work with Pancho. I learned early on that her 3 foot long tongue has more dexterity than a sleight-of-hand magician. Hers can separate the pill from the wrapping and spit out the "chewable" "dogs love them!" pill. :mad:

Our dog way back long ago would do the same thing.
snap, gone. snap, gone. snap, gone.
snap, gone, patooey.
the pill (no matter how teeny) is laying on the floor and the dog is sitting there looking at you like you just tried to poison him and where's the next piece get on with it, he wants more now.
 
Cat:



Gravitation By Dudley Henriques


We have two cats, "Chairman Meow" and "Sir Lick a Lot". Sir Lick a Lot is the
smarter of the two. I've been teaching him to play chess. Actually, he's not
all THAT smart, as I can still beat him two games out of three.
Chairman Meow on the other hand, is NOT mensa material. You would think that a
cat living around here would know about things like aerodynamics.
Apparently not!
Our bird feeder is aprox. 10 feet off the end of the back deck on a 4x4 post
about even with the deck height of 8 feet. Yesterday, the Chairman was seen on
the deck assiduously studying flight dynamics as he envisioned them applying
to cats and bird feeders.
We watched him sit there quietly as he no doubt worked out the physics and
mentally constructed the wanted trajectory against his aerodynamic profile.
I of course being the more "experienced" member of the family already knew
that the Chairman's flight envelope bore a close resemblance to a brick. My
lovely wife of 35 years however, was actually showing some signs of concern.
"Can he make it?" she said!
"Well", I said, looking at our over fed; over weight fur creature, "perhaps
with a ladder, or if he has eaten those baked beans I left for him in his
dish."
As I spoke, my wife let out a scream as it became instantly apparent that the
Chairman had done the math. He twitched his tail and made his takeoff run.
Unfortunately, his math was either very bad, or he had used the wrong base. He
reached Cso [cat stall/paws and tail extended] and rotated at Cr [idiot cat
liftoff speed]. All four paws came out as he serenely soared over the top
rail. Somewhere between Vx and Vy he came to a complete understanding with
Isaac Newton. Actually, Bernoulli was never even a factor. He came to an
absolute stop in mid air for just an instant; I could swear that he looked
back at me with a sort of stupid smile on his face. Then down he went, right
into the rose hedge.
The problem with the Chairman is that he never actually learns anything. If he
could shave, it wouldn't be with Ocam's Razor. In his mind I'm sure he feels
that the gravity was especially bad yesterday.
He will no doubt re-study the problem and try again.
Copyright © Dudley Henriques
 
Re: How to Give a Cat a bath

Look you can easily give a cat a bath and clean the toilet:

1. Put both lids of the toilet up and add 1/8 cup of pet shampoo to the water in the bowl.

2. Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.

3. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids. You may need to stand on the lid.

4. The cat will self agitate and make ample suds. Never mind the noises that come from the toilet, the cat is actually enjoying this.

5. Flush the toilet three or four times. This provides a "power-wash" and rinse".

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6. Have someone open the front door of your home. Be sure that there are no people between the bathroom and the front door.

7. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids.

8. The cat will rocket out of the toilet, streak through the bathroom, and run outside where he will dry himself off.

9. Both the commode and the cat will be sparkling clean.

Sincerely,

The Dog

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