Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

My dog repeatedly dropped pills wrapped in Pill Masker on the floor, so it was not useful, and just frustrated both of us, and I gave up. My dog is "the world's fussiest dog," as my husband describes him, and he needs to take 8 pills twice daily to treat a paw infection, along with his chronic conditions. If you have a fussy dog like mine, you will likely need a different product. On the other hand, these are wheat/corn free, so if your dog has allergies, this may be worth a try. I gave this 1 star because his refusal meant that I had to wrap it in something else, like a Pill Pocket, plus some of the ingredients are less natural than other pill-hiding products. This came as a 4 oz. jar of bacon-flavored paste, which was flexible for hiding tiny pills to big tablets. However, he turned his nose up at this consistently. This was also drier/thicker than Pill Paste (by Earth Balance), so it was far more difficult to wrap it around pills than all of the other products we tried. No country of origin on the label, but Tomlyn is in TX. This is also labeled as appropriate for cats, so if you have to give pills to multiple pets, it may be helpful. Contains Brewers dried yeast, glycerin, lecithin, vegetable oil, salt, spray dried liver powder, cheese powder, natural flavors, arabic gum, sorbic acid (preservative), calcium proprionate (preservative), sodium acid pyrophosphate and Rosemary extract. Recently, the dog caught onto my tricks -- he sometimes rejects peanut butter and has even become suspicious of cream cheese, so I bought several products to conceal pills. Here is the breakdown of the others: Pill Yums -- came as a container of 30 "small" pieces, which were ~5/8 x 1/2 x 3/8", although other sizes are available. He ate these 75% of the time, although at first he was reluctant. The country of origin isn't on the package, although Spring Pet Products is in TX. Ingredients: glycerin, corn starch, cheese powder, corn solids, vegetable oil, sucrose, artificial flavoring, caramel color, sorbic acid, calcium proprionate. Pill Buddy Naturals -- ingredients looked more natural than some other options, but that doesn't matter since he refused them half the time. Made in Canada. These come as 2 attached pieces in a little cellophane-wrapped package, with 15 packages per bag = 30 total (which doesn't last long if your dog takes lots of pills, but would be fine for a pill or 2 per day). Each piece can fit a capsule, or 2 smaller pills (like synthroid + Pepcid) and these are easy to mold around the pills to conceal them. Contains barley flour, chicken, vegetable oil, molasses, whey protein, natural flavors, garlic powder, rosemary extract, xantham gum, citric acid and mixed tocopherols. Pill Pockets -- his favorite, hands down!! He usually got as excited about these as he did for real treats and never refused them. I was able to get 2 capsules into each Pill Pocket. The bag contains 30 Pill Pockets, so we went through it quickly. Contains rehydrated chicken, glycerin, wheat flour, vegetable oil, wheat gluten, dried corn syrup, dried cultured skim milk, natural chicken bouillon flavor, natural flavors, sodium bisulfate, xantham gum, mixed tocopherols (preservative). I was hoping he would like something with less processed ingredients, but that didn't happen. Pill Paste by Earth Balance -- he ate this ~75% of the time. It comes in a small container (2.1 oz, 2 1/2" in diameter, 7/8" high) so it won't last long, but one nice feature is that you use just enough to coat the pill, so it's flexible for anything from tiny pills to big tablets, and much easier to work than Tomlyn's Pill Masker. Made in USA. Contains wheat flour, corn syrup, vegetable glycerin, vegetable oil, stabilized rice bran, dried pork liver, natural flavor, vegetable lecithin, salt, dried cheese, dried corn syrup, xantham gum, sorbic acid and calcium proprionate.