Looooong Car Journey - Any Tips?

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Well were off to the north of scotland (very north) for new year and we are driving from the south east of england. My JRT loves travelling in the car and generally just balls up and goes to sleep (we are taking her obv). Just wondered what the best way was to avoid poss her being ill. Its about a 12 hour drive then 2 ferries. Was going to put her in her cage with toys/water. We will stop every couple of hours for wee stops/ leg stretching so I'm hoping she will be fine. Lots of bunnies to chase and our own beach when we get there tho - hurrah!!!!!!!
 
I wouldn't worry at all if you're taking stops for wees/leg stretching.

Is she normally ill in the car? If not then don't worry. If you think she might be ill then give her a couple of ginger nut biscuits, apparently they work wonders for stopping car sickness.

I probably wouldn't feed her until you get there as that might make her sick.
 
I shouldn't worry, we took our staffie from the midlands to the west coast of Ireland including a ferry and she waas fine. At least at this time of year you don't have to worry about overheating.
 
I took Rhu when he was 4 months, and my vizla on a seven hour car journey and they pretty much slept the whole way. I stopped every 2-3 hours to give them a break and some water. I wouldn't put water or food in the back with her.
 
I wouldnt worry.....we took our girls over to Jersey, they thought it was an adventure. They were in a crate in the car as we had to leave them in the car on the ferry but we were allowed to go down and check on them hourly.
Have a lovely time.
 
I wouldn't worry, I am planning to drive my dog over to Austria next year (about 1,000 miles), and have taken dogs on horse lorry to Czech few years ago they pretty much slept all the way.

Just as long your dog is good traveller and you will stop every few hours for it to stretch it's legs. A comfy bed would be nice so he can settle well.

Have incredible time...
 
Sounds like you're doing everything right. One suggestion I would maybe make is to try and get the number of a local vet where you're going. We took our girls up to a quiet village in north Scotland a few years back and our GS X became very ill from something she must have picked up on a walk in some nearby woods. She became rapidly sick and we had to try and find a local vet. Although everything worked out well I always made sure after that if we were going anywhere away from home that we had the local vet's number for emergencies. X
 
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