But weirdly enough my ex-wife treated the rhino's (she was a zookeeper) just like dogs and they behaved perfectly. Much to the disgust of the keepers who actually worked full time in that section. Its really funny watching someone treat a baby rhino like a puppy, but you have to be careful not to get your arm crushed against the wall when scratching behind its ears if it leans against you.

The actual point of this post <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> was about giving dogs tablets. It depends on the dogs. I have an agreement with my lot. They get "people food" with a tablet in it as a treat. As long as they swallow the tablet thay get the treat. If they start spitting it out then its force tablet down and no treat time. They soon learn. The looks on peoples faces when I give tablets to the dogs are great. I was having to give one of them 7 tablets at a time and 3 of them were huge pink things (big dogs=more body weight=higher dose=more tablets). I can actually get a piece of food (corned beef or a sausage works well) and put the tablet into it in front of the dog, and he will still take it. As an experiment I tried just placing the tablet on top of the treat and giving him the morsal in one go. He still takes the tablet. Success <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />. It did fail at one point since I was giving 7 tablets twice a day (antibiotics due to a very bady broken humerous) and ran out of treats. In desperation I tried giving him a bit of bread with the tablet in it. He spat it out. I couldnt complain really as it was me that had broken the agreement. After all bread isnt much of a treat. So I spread some butter on it and the tablets got swallowed ok.

For anyone that has to use the force down the throat method. I agree with the previous advcice of put on back of tongue and hold muzzle shut. However it work better if you tickle under the muzzle while holding it closed.