TOMLYN Pill-Masker Original Bacon-Flavored Paste for Dogs & Cats, 4oz

This stuff is made, I'm convinced, of actual magic. I have an incredibly picky dog who also has to have daily medication. It's been a pain trying to figure that out for years. I tried a lot of things--peanut butter, cheese, her dog food, treats, the pill pockets, etc, and every option I ever tried either resulted in her refusing to eat it at all, or being inconsistent on whether she would eat it on a daily basis. I had to throw out meds here and there over the years because the pills would end up disintegrating in the peanut butter or whatever else I was using, before I could get her to eat it because she would let it sit there for hours. It also meant I couldn't be sure she was getting her needed medication every day. And it was a pain whenever I needed to have someone else watch her, because I had to come up with a complicated system of covering the pills and I couldn't do it ahead of time because the pills would disintegrate and she wouldn't eat it, but to ask people to do the system and have her still refuse to eat it was a big pain. Considering her medication is related to severe separation anxiety that has resulted in her injuring herself in the past, it was especially a problem if she wouldn't consistently have her medication when I wasn't around to keep trying when I was home before/after work.Added to all this, I have one of the few dogs that is apparently allergic to chicken(?), so I can't buy her anything with chicken or chicken byproducts in it. Which, if you've ever read ingredients on dog food and treats, is almost everything.Then, one day, I saw the Tomlyn pill-masker at a pet store near me and I figured, what the hell. I'll give it a try. And I'm so glad I did! This stuff is frickin AMAZING! She literally, not once in the 2-3 years I've been using this, has EVER refused to take anything that was wrapped in this. Because it's a substance I can cut/tear pieces off, I can use it to mask any size of item I need. I've offered her chewable tablets for short-term meds for her before that's supposed to be something a dog will eat straight and she won't touch it; I go and put even a super thin layer of the Tomlyn pill masker on it and give it back to her and she eats it immediately. Even the time or two where I made too big of a pill ball for her and she couldn't easily eat it because of teeth issues, if I tear it into smaller pieces she has zero problems eating it. In previous configurations I tried, if she started to eat it and it fell open and she could smell or see the meds inside, she would refuse to eat more of it even if I tried covering the edges with whatever I was using (like peanut butter or etc) -- but with this stuff, the few times she's seen what's inside I just put a bit more of the Tomlyn pill masker over the edge and she had no problems downing it. Also, because of the consistency of this pill masker, it is sooooo easy to bring traveling with her--I can just cut off a chunk, throw it in a baggy or a sealed bottle, and I'm good to go. It also is super easy to explain to people watching her when I'm on vacation; it's really easy to understand that all they have to do is tear off a piece and cover the meds and she'll eat it.I genuinely do not know what I would do without this. I was getting to a point where I was running out of realistic options for giving her medication before I found this. This has made my morning routine with my dog approximately 1000 times faster and simpler and less stressful, as well as those occasions when she has specialty meds from a vet visit (like now, when she had minor surgery and I have to give her pain meds, etc, in addition to her other medication). I honestly feel like by now it would be getting near impossible to deal with her pickiness in trying to give her medication, if it weren't for this product. The biggest issue I have is so few pet stores carry this; it was only the one store where I ever found it, and then they stopped carrying it. I freaked out until I realized I could find it online -- and it's even an add-on item at the moment for Amazon!If you ask me, this product is ridiculously amazing, and it's 100% worth the price. If you have a picky eater of a dog and if you need to make sure you can consistently give them their meds, I really recommend you try this out. If your dog is anything like mine, your only regret will be not having found this sooner.

This is the best product I have found for when I need to give one of my cat's pills. I break (if possible) the pill into smaller pieces. Then, I give the cat a bit without the pill. They usually gobble up the pieces will the pills quickly. I will also give my other cat a few pieces at the same time as, you know, cats can get jealous. The paste is not sticky to the fingers and easy to use. One jar will last a long time, and I just purchased a new supply.

I have never left a review before, but I had to with this product. My 6 month old British Shorthair kitten, Simon, fell desperately ill recently. He could not walk (when he tried it was painful and upsetting to watch), he would not eat, go to the litter box, etc. We took him to the vet several times and they were unable to figure out what was going on with him. We finally got hooked up with a feline pain management specialist who prescribed him a steroid and anti biotics but unfortunately the steroid was in pill form, not liquid drops. After attempting several other methods and failing I ordered this in hopes it would assist me in getting the much needed meds into this baby. I was FLOORED at how well this worked! I crushed the pill up and kneaded it into the "bacon dough" (as I loving call it) and then separated it into bite sized treats. After seeing him lose so much weight from not eating and struggling to get these meds down this very sick baby for a couple of days, watching him gobble these "treats" up with abandon was so heartening I actually cried in relief. The best part is...the meds worked and he is now doing SO MUCH better!! We still do not know what is wrong with him, but he is finally moving, trying to play, eating, holding his head and tail up, and using the bathroom!! I honestly do not know if I could have ever gotten these pills in him without this product and without them he would have surely died. I am so VERY grateful and would recommend this product to ANYONE who has an animal they need to get meds into. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU, between this and the meds, I truly believe my little Simon's life was saved!

It is really hard to find the right pill wrap, and it got harder when I discovered that my 9-year-old schnorkie rescue, Birdie, was allergic to chicken, and that was the reason for digestive problems she's had for the year that I've had her. Almost impossible to find an easy to manipulate pill wrap with no chicken in the ingredients AND your dog also likes. I have literally tried half a dozen products over the last 6 months. I have given some away because my dog won't touch them. I have given some away because they are slimy and I gag when I touch them. I have wasted time trying to soften products enough to successfully wrap them around pills. I have endured pill wrap that won't stick to the pills. Finally, finally I have landed on my forever product. This product has it all. My dog loves, loves, loves the taste. The product is soft and easy to form around any pill, is not oily or greasy, is reasonably price, doesn't seem to dry out, and a little bit goes a long way. You don't have to bury a teeny tiny pill in a huge amount of treat because the smell is apparently so appealing that the smallest amount will suffice. She has never tried to separate and spit the pill away from this product. I am so glad to finally have identified a truly good product. I can quit wasting money trying one after the other. I just put myself on Subscribe & Save, and as long as Birdie doesn't change her mind about the flavor, we are good forever.