Hi
We are delivering one of our 9 week pups from Lancs to Cornwall on Saturday. it is a very long journey and I felt it would be better if we took her most of the way to meet the new owner. Any suggestions to make the journey easier for her please !!. I thought maybe taking another pup might help but not sure if it would help. All help much appreciated

thanks and a happy new year in advance

regards Lorraine

I have always found that having the puppy on your knee is best, others will say a cage is best. Think the important thing is to make toilet arrangements as you will not want to put the pup down onto the ground were other strange dogs have been, newspaper on a ground sheet in the car/van are best. If you take another puppy with you it would be on it's own on the way back, but if you still have several at home may be taking them all in a cage or pen would work well. All the best for the journey. JH

Would it be possible to travel with her Mother that may be consoling to the pup.

Hi

thanks for advice, unfortunately Mattie, mum died during c section having pups, will probably just take pup on her own with toys and hot water bottle

cheers Lorraine

Hi Lorraine - we travelled 250 miles home with our pup.We used a travel box in which she whined for a wee bit- then did a poo about 5 minutes away from the breeders!!

The best advise I can offer to keep pup comfortable is to have lots of clean bedding,newspapers,towels,black bags for any soiled papers/bedding to be washed,also rubber gloves and kitchen paper.We had loads more stuff than we actually needed but better that than pup ending up in soiled bedding with nothing clean to change it for.

We also got a clip on water bowl that fitted on the carry box although the water tended to spill out a bit.We used small squares of vet bed and also newspaper in the box but ours is a small breed (westie).

I would advice to fit a collar to pup before you leave home.This was the one thing I forgot to do before leaving the breeders and when we stopped to clean up her poo I was a bit worried about being able to get hold of her securely.needless to say at this point we fitted the soft type collar and i also had a lead at hand too.

We also took spare clothes for us in case we had her out of the box and she was sick or whatever on us.

Our pup slept nearly all the way home.

Hope your journey goes smoothly.

Ailsa

Hi, if my pups are going to have a long journey to their new home I make sure that they have been fed no sooner than 3 hours before their journey starts and that they have had a good play and are about to go to sleep when they are due to leave. As most 8 week pups will sleep 2/4 hours after a good long romp, I'm sure that good "time management" helps them to settle quickly and go to sleep. I'm not sure about fitting a collar/lead to a pup that is not used to one, though. Always make sure the puppy is firmly held if you do stop and open the door/s during the journey. If the puppy is sleepy on leaving, I personally would put it in a travel box, on the floor behind the passenger seat if poss, or covered by a towel in a hatch back, so it cant see out. This will stop the puppy from seeing the world "rushing by" and may prevent it from being/feeling sick. Usually puppies will cry for a few minutes, but if sleepy enough will usually go to sleep quite quickly. If the puppy wakes later and cries, I would take it out of the travel box and have it on my lap.

Thanks again for advice, these pups certaintly seem fated, we left 4.30 am this morning - road was a little sleety until we got on to motorway then it snowed - we then managed to skid and turned the jeep round into the crash barrier - lovely dents in back ! - we limped home - pup came out for joyful reunion with others so we all went back to bed. At least we now know she travels ok !. Covering crate definately works well as she did not make a whimper at all. We will try again in the New Year.

regards to all
Lorraine, Ma Rottie and the 4 akita pups

Hi Lorraine

Glad to hear you are all OK - what a journey. Hope the next one's better.

Pam n co

Hi Pam,

thanks for concern, we took pup today again, travelled 175 miles in crate without a whimper, she slept most of the way, new owner met us at services and took another 175 miles on daughters knee. She arrived there without a whimper apparantly, ate all her dinner we had sent with her, had three wees on kitchen newspaper and promptly went back to sleep. New owner smitten so a good ending. Happy new year !!

Lorraine

In my last litter of pups i took a pup London and one to Blackpool.London being 4 hours away.
The best way is for a week before keep going for short rides with pup safe in a cage.
Put its toys etc in there,Then the day of the journey do exactly the same the pup should be quite happy as long as it has water and you to talk to.
I would not advise you take all the pups with you .I would be makeing a drama of it and more stress for yourself. Also the litter mates would have to travel all the way home
Hope this helps kay.