My 16 week old Rottie x GSD always drools terribly in the car and on Wed she started Dog Training which is approx 15-20 min drive away.
I put her car harness on and sat her on the seat next to me but about 2 mins before we got there she threw up everywhere and stunk my car out big time.
Any ideas of anything I could give her to help with the carsickness, I obviously don't want her sedated or anything as she has to do her training class when we arrive.
I do take her on lots of short 5 min trips so she can vary her 15 min walks.  So travelling should mean a nice experience at the end of the journey for her, but that doesn't seem to help.

Bev

I had this with mine.  She would drool really badly just going 5 minutes up the road and I used to feel so sorry for the poor thing.  Luckily she never was actually sick.  All I can say from my own experience is that she seems to have grown out of it.  We haven't done any long journeys, about 20 - 30 minutes max so far but she is fine now (she's 21 mnths). 

I'm interested to see what the more experienced owners say

My cocker spaniel had totally erratic car sickness. He'd managed tremendously long car journeys without a problem - Northumberland to Sussex for example - yet could just as easily throw up 5 minutes down the road. He loved the car (being a lazy old soul he'd have much preferred to be driven everywhere rather than walk!) and wasn't tense or anxious about car travel. I tried to find some sort of pattern to the car sickness having ruled out the obvious by making sure he didn't travel on a full stomach, but in the end it seemed to be a combination of route - lots of bends in the road made him worse - and whether he could see what was going on outside and could fix on some sort of horizon.

Ahhh - What you've said has made lots of sense to me.  I have an estate car and the dog would always lay down but it probably is since she was able to see out comfortably that the drooling stopped.  She tends to sit with her back to the font and look out the back window now (quite comical looking from my perspective)

My girl was sitting up on the seat looking out of the window all the way.  Although it was dark.

Bev

If it was very dark outside (like you weren't driving through an urban area with streetlights) then the experience was probably even more disorientating on the stomach - especially if she mainly just saw a succession of car headlights appearing and disappearing.

Also, if she is sitting next to you, unrestrained, how much adjustment does she have to make for the car's movement?

She was restrained in her car harness (approved doggy seat belt) which attatches to the seat belt, there were street lights all the way.

Bev

Well that theory bites the dust then! :)

My 4 collies drool and be sick in the car just by sitting in it.
kirsty

My 8 month old puppy still doesnt like the car. When he was tiny he used to bark the whole journey. Then we put his dad in the car with him, and he was much happier. However now he drools and is on the odd occasion sick. He is so much happier in the car if another dog is with him, he settles more. When he is by himself he is constantly up and down, sitting one minute, standing the next etc. We have found with him, that he doesnt like country lanes and their bends. So going to shows is fine because it is generally motorways - he has no problems with them! The worst was going to Welsh Kennel Club Ch at Builth Wells. The last hour is country roads with so many bends - he hated it and was sick! Have tried ginger biscuits, doesnt work with him, I know they are supposed to be good. All my other dogs are fine in the car!

Rachel

I have the same problem with my 6 month old - I was hoping to get some advice on the back of your post. I have posted this subject before and not much help either, just hope he grows out of it. However I have purchased some DAP spray (dog appeasing pheromone) which you spray 15 mins before getting into the car. I have tried it 3 times. The first 2 times I noticed a reduction in drooling and whimpering and he wasnt sick. The 3rd time he was sick but had not long had lunch. So perhaps an empty stomach with the spray works. Trouble is when you just want to try a 15 min journey because thats all they can stand then witholding food can be a bit unfair!

If it's a nervous thing you could try a little Bach's Rescue Remedy on their tongue half an hour or so before setting off.  This is a natural herbal remedy and is completely ok for animals.

We had a similar problem with our labrador. When we bought her she was sick all the way home, and on most journeys after that. Then we took the bull by the horns and went to the south of  France. She was sick 10 minutes after leaving home and after that nothing, and never again.