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What if I forgot to give my dog his morning medication dose?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Large (61lb +) | Male | neutered | 2 years and 10 months old | 27 lbs

My dog bobby weights 27 pounds and takes phenobarrbital one pill twice a day.32.4 mg this morning i cant remember if i gave him one or not . what do i do give him one or wait till tonight when he takes the next one

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Answered By Andrea M. Brodie, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on October 31st, 2018

If you do not remember whether you gave your dog his pill this morning, I suggest you just skip that and give Bobby his next pill this evening. You may want to get a weekly pill box into which you put a weeks worth of pills divided up for every day, so you can see which you gave and which not. It helps me remember, too.

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