car sick dog

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ok the springer pup we have which is now 4 months old seems to throw up everytime we take her out in the car..

shes in her cage in the boot,weve tried covering the cage with a blanket as someone suggested that.it doesnt matter if you dont feed her before you take her out either.

anyone got any ideas/cures?
or is it just summit we have to get used to with her..tia
 
My partner sat in the back with the dog on the back seat for the first few journeys. Amazing how quick the dog calmed down and stopped stressing. Now she just gets in with no fuss and travels 200 miles + without stopping.
 
my dog will go 660miles so far without a stop and happy all the way, less complaining from her than the rest of the family, we just got lucky i guess, when she was a pup used to have her in passenger footwell which kept her happier than in the boot :)
 
Most pups grow out of it.
In the meantime, feed her in the car, so that she associates the car with happy things, and keep the journeys short and smooth.
 
wiltshire landyman said:
ok the springer pup we have which is now 4 months old seems to throw up everytime we take her out in the car..

shes in her cage in the boot,weve tried covering the cage with a blanket as someone suggested that.it doesnt matter if you dont feed her before you take her out either.

anyone got any ideas/cures?
or is it just summit we have to get used to with her..tia
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My partner is a veterinary nurse and her advice is to do a lot of small trips until she gets used to it.

We have a 6 month Springer and had her in the car everyday, for just a few miles at a time, from day one and she now associates the Landy with going somewhere fun so absolutely loves it... I'm actually starting to think she thinks the Landy is hers!

Also, have you tried without the cage? I have a dog bed in the back of my Landy so I let her jump in, give her a rawhide to chew on and she happily curls up on her bed with no fuss at all.
 
Chr1s said:
My partner is a veterinary nurse and her advice is to do a lot of small trips until she gets used to it.

We have a 6 month Springer and had her in the car everyday, for just a few miles at a time, from day one and she now associates the Landy with going somewhere fun so absolutely loves it... I'm actually starting to think she thinks the Landy is hers!

Also, have you tried without the cage? I have a dog bed in the back of my Landy so I let her jump in, give her a rawhide to chew on and she happily curls up on her bed with no fuss at all.
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dont fink the mrs would let her jump all over the place in her loverlly new qashquai.:)
 
Trewey said:
Most pups grow out of it.
In the meantime, feed her in the car, so that she associates the car with happy things, and keep the journeys short and smooth.
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+1, she is probably being sick with getting herself worked up, rather than 'car sick', like Trewey says if she is happy and relaxed it might get her over it. My 3 regularly do several hrs at a time in the car with no problems;););)

Hope you get sorted fella:D:D:D
 
Grimmer said:
+1, she is probably being sick with getting herself worked up, rather than 'car sick', like Trewey says if she is happy and relaxed it might get her over it. My 3 regularly do several hrs at a time in the car with no problems;););)

Hope you get sorted fella:D:D:D
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fanks will keep at it she is an amazing dog and our first.
unbelievable how soon u get atached to them and them to you.:D

cant imagine being without her now
 
Right we breed dogs and have dealt with this a few times, it usually starts with the first journey in the car (motion sickness) then they associate the car with being sick. when we get one like this we take them in the car to the local park which is about 1/4 of a mile away open the window and let them watch the people for a few mins then get out and a short walk in the park then back home do this over a few days, make it fun and it won't take long to get over it. Also watch them in the car they usually forget to swallow when they feel sick and get wet around the mouth a sort of early warning so you can stop and get them out.
 
owl said:
Right we breed dogs and have dealt with this a few times, it usually starts with the first journey in the car (motion sickness) then they associate the car with being sick. when we get one like this we take them in the car to the local park which is about 1/4 of a mile away open the window and let them watch the people for a few mins then get out and a short walk in the park then back home do this over a few days, make it fun and it won't take long to get over it. Also watch them in the car they usually forget to swallow when they feel sick and get wet around the mouth a sort of early warning so you can stop and get them out.
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Our pooch dribbles as soon as she gets in, its a nightmare.
Even on small journeys to get her used to it she has a high chance of boffing, its got to the point i cant be bothered to risk it
 
As has been said get her excited about going out in the car, use it to take her for walks even if its only a few hundred yards, over time she will know that car = fun and this will calm her down.

Also can she see outside? being able to see the world go by can help in distracting her from the movement...
 
We used to have a dog that did this too. Yes, just like the other posters we were able to build up his tolerance gradually with short journeys, but it did take a while. He was much better on trains for some reason. Give it treats, short trips with something exciting at the end, that sort of thing. Ours used to drool when he was agitated, so we got a bit of warning and sometimes it was posssible to give him a break and a bit of a run around outside, and then get back in the car and start afresh. I'm sure it'll wear off with age too - just like kids are more prone to motion sickness than adults.
 
I took ours in the back of the 90 every nite, short drives few green lanes, yeah had a few mishaps with wee and poo but only a handful of times, she had a poo in the back and we pulled over, when I opened the door she was sat on the tub at the side with a look of why the hell have you but that poo there it stinks.

I take both of our in my van every day, between 10 and 300 miles aday, the ridgeback nala has done all 9k in my transit since I got it in feb, saffi the lab has only done bout 1k so far but both hang there heads out of the window all the time,

Cost omers say are they happy, and yeas they are when I say in the van were going to work and the get in faster than the air when I open the door, my vans full of toys and treats like stag bars,

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My rotty spaniel x loves it run rounds jumps in boot lays down sleeps. the boxer she sat in the front footwell for a bit and got use to it now they both curl up and enjoy the ride together in the boot..
 
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