Guinness hates Marin (liver supplement) - alternative formats?

[anomad]

My doc put Guinness (13 year old chocolate) on Marin Liver Supplement a while back. I tricked him for a while.
He's fed up. I'm out of tricks. He'll go on a 24+ hour hunger strike rather than eat a bowl of his favorite canned food "contaminated" with Marin.
My normally helpful clinic gals are clueless on this one.



Is there an alternative format of this supplement that isn't disgusting?

[Baloo317]

Do you have a link that describes the supplement? Ingredients, etc. I've never heard of it.

[Sophiesmama]

I don't know about the suppliment. I do know we have one heck of a time getting Comfortis down Sophie! She can smell it a mile off! We have tried ice cream and peanut butter, putting it in hot dogs, just about anything you can think of. These dogs are smart! The last time, I disolved it in ice cream and she still wouldn't eat it! If you find a good way to fool these dogs, let me know!

[anomad]

Do you have a link that describes the supplement? Ingredients, etc. I've never heard of it.

Marin for Dogs Nutritional Liver Supplement - 1800PetMeds
I'd never heard of it till Guinness' liver went South, showed up in his last blood test.


@Sophiesmama:
Yeah no kidding. He won't even eat a plain pill pocket now, without the pills anywhere close. It must taste terrible.

[Baloo317]

The active ingredients should all be available at a local health food store, why not just ask your vet about dosages and make your own? That way you could bake the ingredients into a cookie or something that he would like.

[anomad]

The active ingredients should all be available at a local health food store, why not just ask your vet about dosages and make your own? That way you could bake the ingredients into a cookie or something that he would like.

I want a genetically modified cow with the active ingredient. Then I can just cut him a slice of beef jerky.


Seriously though, good idea, thanks. I'll see what the drug store has and maybe put my bachelor cooking skills (cough) to work.

[anomad]

So I went to Vitamin Cottage last night. They have a huge selection of milk thistle extract, who knew? I got 2 different types of liquids and two bottles of capsules for less than 30 tablets of Marin from my vet.


I tried both of the liquids. They don't have a strong smell or taste to me, Guinness wasn't too sure, he ate about half his food. I expect the rest will be gone when I go home for lunch.

[Baloo317]

You could also try this, I know it's available around here in a bunch of places, even some supermarkets:
Omega Alpha Pharmaceuticals - LiverTone™