If your dog requires medication during his/her stay, please follow these guidelines.
• All medications should be in their original bottles, with name of drug, prescriber, dose, and directions.
• If you have altered the original directions on the pill bottle, please write this clearly on the pill bottle.
• Place all medications into one Ziploc bag, so that all of them are in one place. Write your dog’s name on the baggie with a marker.
• Please write out on a piece of paper, your directions for each medication. Include the name of the drug, the dose, and how often it should be given. Also, please note what you want us to do if your dog refuses the medication (call you, skip the dose, etc..) And finally, note how you give the medication. Do you put it in peanut butter, roll it in lunch meat, use a pill pocket, etc. Please provide whatever vehicle you use (meat, PB, pill pocket, etc). Place this instruction sheet in the Ziploc bag with the medications.
• Please note that we will not give your dog’s medication in a food bowl with meals. There is too much risk that the medication will not be eaten or spit out on the floor.
• We do require advanced notice for all injectable medications. Please discuss with our Manager prior to your dog’s stay.