The Art of Pilling

Dictionary.com provides this definition of a pill and also the definition when used as a verb:

pill - noun

1.	a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole.

2.	something unpleasant that has to be accepted or endured: Ingratitude is a bitter pill.

pilling – verb (used with object)

7.	to dose with pills.

8.	to form or make into pills.

And we all know that giving pills to dogs can be quite challenging to the point that it truly is an art form. With my Sugar's liver ailment last fall, I became quite creative in hiding pills in just the right forum so that it usually went undiagnosed by her and thus consumed by her, which is the point, right?

Well, my months and months of training with Sugar apparently were not quite enough when giving Kisses her antiobiotic last night. She has been on these since her spay surgery and hasn't had any issues with me just putting the pill in her food or hiding it in a marshmallow. Not until last night, I should say.

I did what I usually do and put the pill in her food. She subsequently ate around it this time. I recovered the pill and hid it in a marshmallow. She subsequently squeezed it out of the marshmallow. I recovered the pill and AGAIN hid it in a marshmallow. AGAIN, she subsequently squeezed it out. All the while I'm trying to grab it before somebody else does. So, I thought, well, let's try some peanut butter. Nope, she ate a bit and not the bit with the pill which ended up on the floor. I again recovered it and had yet another option. This time I stuffed it into a chunk of banana. Alas, she ate the pillAND the banana!!

Whoo hoo!! Just when you think you have it down to a science, someone comes along and tosses that thought out the window!!