ACP (Acepromezine) for terrible travelling terrier - No No?

[Fabforester]

Wondered if anyone could offer some advice. For years our vet has prescribed 10mg for our 9kg terrier cross, who has always been an anxious traveller. We have recently moved to Hants and our new vets when we registered advised that they dont stock it anymore and will not prescribe any for any animals at all (had known re horses years back but this was news to me). Could people advise what they use as alternatives and why it's now a no no? It has always worked so beautifully on our boy, he snoozes all the way to (or from) Cornwall and is none the wiser to the journey. If he doesnt have it (and he's an old 11yr old) he pants and gets so out of breath and dehydrated it really is a worry. Any advice much appreciated. All the best.

 

[twiggy2]

my understanding is it does not reduce the animals anxiety at all, it blocks brain receptors so that the animal is still stress but it cannot make the body respond so the signs of stress cannot be exhibited, in fact it is believed that the animals stress will be enhanced due to the fact that it cannot make the body respond in the appropriate way.

 

[Dry Rot]

I used that for years with good results. I think it has probably been banned because it is impossible for officials to check whether an animal in a consignment is doped or sick. I never saw any ill effects and I shipped my dogs world-wide over thirty years.

I think there are two ways to counter travel sickness/travel stress. One is to take the dog on a very long trip. A wise old lady once told me, "No animal can remain frightened for ever" which is true. The other way is to make travelling something they enjoy. If the journey ends somewhere the dogs want to be, they will look forward to getting into the car.

 

[splashgirl45]

many years ago I had a dog who was a terrible traveller and I did all the very short journeys to a lovely walk etc good luckand she still panted and dribbled..i was going on holiday to Yorkshire(5 hour journey) and vet gave me some sedative for her, don't know what it was, anyway gave her the tablet and she was half awake all the way...so a good journey...we went out in the car while we were there and she was ok without the sedative and she came all the way home after our fortnights holiday with no sedative and was ok for the rest of her life...
I have used zylkene for my current dog to help her be calm in thunderstorms/fireworks and it seems to help her so may be worth trying on yours ..

 

[Dry Rot]

many years ago I had a dog who was a terrible traveller and I did all the very short journeys to a lovely walk etc good luckand she still panted and dribbled..i was going on holiday to Yorkshire(5 hour journey) and vet gave me some sedative for her, don't know what it was, anyway gave her the tablet and she was half awake all the way...so a good journey...we went out in the car while we were there and she was ok without the sedative and she came all the way home after our fortnights holiday with no sedative and was ok for the rest of her life...
I have used zylkene for my current dog to help her be calm in thunderstorms/fireworks and it seems to help her so may be worth trying on yours ..

Dogs can be funny. I had an Irish setter that absolutely hated walking across shiny surfaces. I was teaching at the time and to get out of the main entrance of the school I had to cross a large sheet of lino. Every time I almost had to carry her!

Then one day there was an emergency. I forget what but I had to go out in a big hurry. Maybe a child got injured. Anyway, we came to the lino and the dog started to act up. I couldn't be bothered with that so marched her across on a very tight lead. She was never phased by the lino again and would walk across it as if it didn't exist. Funny animals.