Car sick pup

One of our dogs was awful with cars, We used to give her bachs rescue remedy (its about £5 from tesco) on a biscuit about half an hour before we travelled anywhere. We just went on a really short trip for the first few times, it worked. It also helps if she can see out of the window. She is fine now, she doesn't need the remedy anymore. Once they get out of the habit of being sick in the car it usually stops.

Hope that helps. :rolleyes:
 
The cure for my dog was lots of short trips to get him used to it. I'd drive the mile into town instead of walking, for example, and take him with me to get him used to the car. Then build it up by going the longer route in/back from town, going to a park a bit further away, and so on.
I found that his car sickness returned when I bought a new car (bigger, so dogs were higher up, motion could have been different, etc.) so started again with the short trips and that worked well again.
 
Casper used to get sick every time we went to a particular walking spot, which was about 7 miles away actually, so I stopped taking him there and just did the shorter journeys to places nearby for a while. It didn't take too long, probably a few weeks, so not months and months.
 
krlyr said:
The cure for my dog was lots of short trips to get him used to it. I'd drive the mile into town instead of walking, for example, and take him with me to get him used to the car. Then build it up by going the longer route in/back from town, going to a park a bit further away, and so on.
I found that his car sickness returned when I bought a new car (bigger, so dogs were higher up, motion could have been different, etc.) so started again with the short trips and that worked well again.
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That's how my Grandparents cured their puppy :)
 
Very short trips, equalling, a run in a field with ball or toy (somewhere exciting), so Im talking literally a minute drive to the nearest field and out of the car, then gradually build it up. Make the car a postive, by leaving him parked on the drive with a kong to empty/bone to chew (dont travel though just get him out when he is done) otherwise he will puke the food up):D
Do it very gradually and when you travel always get him straight out for a run/play.

Aids
Travelling him on cardboard or newspaper, (something to do with static)
Travel him in a crate (enclosed) and lessens the motion.
Ginger and mint both natural anti sickness.
 
my previous dog was bad as a pup and i did the short journeys to somewhere nice to walk and kept it all positive....didnt work......was really worried as needed to take her with me on holiday and the car journey was about 5 hours :eek: got a sedative from the vet and she wasnt sick but kept dribbling....once on holiday we took her on a very short journey to the beach and she was fine, she was then completely ok and travelled home after my 2 weeks holiday and was perfectly ok.....i think in her case she was just frightened and the sedative calmed her down so she realised there was nothing to worry about...

might be worth trying a small dog crate for travelling as sometimes they are more secure in a smaller space especially if it has their own blanket in....good luck
 
Gingernut biscuits help. The ginger helps with the sickness and the act of eating stops the pools of drool that usually come just before the actual vomit.

The fact that you are throwing biscuits randomly at your dog means they soon start to really look forward to being in the car.

And if all else fails, its much easier to clean up a pile of regurgitated biscuit rather than the yellow slimy stuff that soaks into your seats ;)
 
My 5 month old pup was very car sick to start with, worse in my discovery than my BF's small car. Darcy is fine now if I have her sitting in the front seat, where I can control her window and slow down if she starts panting (a prelude to vomming). In the back seat it's vomit city.
 
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