I thought I read somewhere your not suppose to. I'm I right? Thanks Maureen

-- Maureen (onemaur@yahoo.com), December 10, 2001

Answers

we had a german shepard who had arthritis about 12 years ago and the vet said to give him aspirin. Don't know if this is advise given now tho. Lexi

-- Lexi Green (whitestone11@hotmail.com), December 10, 2001.

Our vet at one time suggested "Ascriptin" for our old arthritic dog.....it is Aspirin with Maalox, easier on the tummy. It caused no problems and eased his discomfort.

-- Birdlady (jjpace@ev1.net), December 10, 2001.

we gave our dog asprin. He weighed 25-20 lb and one asprin helped when he had pain in his joints. I won't give it everyday but it does help. Do not give tylenol (sp) and don't use the bufferin type. Just plain old fashion genric brand asprin.

-- jamie (jamie@nowhere.com), December 10, 2001.

As per vet's suggestion, my dog takes one twice daily to ease discomfort from severe hip dysplacia. I give it to her with food, or else she tosses it back up sometimes. Been doing this for 3 years now. Ki is a happy active dog thanks to it.

-- Marty (Mrs.Puck@Excite.com), December 10, 2001.

I wonder if children's aspirin (which children shouldn't take because of the danger of Reyes syndrome ) would be good in that case.

-- Ann Markson (tngreenacres@hotmail.com), December 10, 2001.

Aspirin in the correct dose is OK! What you CANNOT EVER give your pet is Tylenol or Advil!

-- Kathy (catfish201@hotmail.com), December 10, 2001.

Aspirin is okay for dogs. Some common anelgesic is verboten for cats; can't remember whether it's aspirin or tylenol.

-- pc (jasper2@doglover.com), December 10, 2001.

The ascriptin is definately the way to go. The Malox coating keeps stomach upsets to a minimum. I've used it with golden retreivers for years.

-- cathy in NC (planet10@gloryroad.net), December 10, 2001.

The vet told me to remember it this way when giving asprin to pets. Asprin is Alright and Tylenol is Toxic.

-- Nancy (georgiaattitude@aol.com), December 10, 2001.

My vet advised to give our dog an aspirin a day for his arthritis. We have been doing it for months and it seems to help the dog.

Renie

-- Irene Burt (renienorm@aol.com), December 10, 2001.

I agree with everyone else..yes for dogs. Not for cats though.

-- Jenny (auntjenny6@aol.com), December 11, 2001.

We give our dogs aspirin when they've been hurt, but always coated aspirin.

-- CJ (cjtinkle@getgoin.net), December 11, 2001.

Yes, you can. And in addition, asprin acts as a sedative to dogs.

-- Jennifer L. (Northern NYS) (jlance@nospammail.com), December 11, 2001.

dunno about asprin for a dog, but it will kill a cat. I know chocolate will kill a dog, as I gave a brownie to my beloved dog and he went into seizures and died a few days latter. :(

-- Lynnda (venus@zeelink.net), December 11, 2001.

Scroll down to archives on PET CARE and go to "FYI: Common medications for dogs". I printed this off and its on my refrigerator.

-- Kate Henderson (kate@sheepyvalley.com), December 11, 2001.

I had to have a long lived female black lab put down about a year ago due to bone cancer. Last couple months of her life I followed vets advice to give bufferin (buffered asprin) to her. As others said, vet said to absolutely not give Tylenol(acetaminophen).

As to chocolate, its not good for dogs, but dont think one brownie should kill a dog or even make it ill. I had a dog once that got on table and ate whole chocolate cake before I noticed. Only ill effects were to her pride when she was scolded and put outside.

-- HermitJohn (hermit@hilltop_homestead.zzn.com), December 11, 2001.

Yup one more voice for ASA for dogs. If it's having joint problems you might consider giving him/her some glucoseamine as well. I've seen some dramatic improvments in a few we care for. There was a bit in the paper not so long ago supporting the claims for glucoseamine rebuilding joint tissue as well. I do mean to try it myself actually, just havn't gotten to it.

-- Ross (amulet@istar.ca), December 11, 2001.

When our dog was hit by a car, the vet said we could give her one aspirin, one time, and not to do it again - that was about 6 years ago. I think they were mostly concerned because she wasn't full grown yet at the time. No side affects, unless being goofy counts, but then you have to be goofy to run out in front of a car to begin with!

On the chocolate side, it depends on the size of the dog. Where a brownie would probably just give our dalmation a tummy ache, two chocolate kisses were nearly enough to kill mother-in-law's maltese, who only weighs about 6#. For anyone's future information, vet's advice was to give her a teaspoon full of salt (and to do so outside), which will make them throw up - you may have to give more for a larger dog, but it sure worked (yuck!). Doggie a little bit upset and exhausted, but not dead from chocolate!

-- Christine in OK (cljford@aol.com), December 11, 2001.

For my old arthritic dog, weight 17 pounds, the vet said we could give one baby aspirin in the morning to get her uncreaked. It worked. The next vet said feed her less fatty food, get her weight down to 12 pounds, and she won't need the aspirin. It worked!

-- seraphima (gardener@com.post), December 13, 2001.

You've heard it before. Here it is again... DOGS can take apirin. However, we never administer more than a 1/4 tab dose even in big dogs. (They don't have the same dosage need that a much heavier human has.) CATS can NOT take aspirin, Tylenol or any other substance containing coal tar. IT WILL KILL THEM!

-- Deborah Stephenson (wonkaandgypsy@hotmail.com), December 17, 2001.

My pit bull has hip displasia and I was told by my vet I could give him an asprin a day for pain. I went to petsmart and found a doggie version, buffered asprin, seems to work just fine!

We used to have a doberman who ate all our christmas candy and almost always found the halloween stash...he would eat it wrappers and all...never hurt him. BUT I also know someone who gave her poodle a chocolate kiss and it almost killed it.

ASPRIN WILL KILL A CAT!

-- Angela (Daizy_73@hotmail.com), February 08, 2002.