Our 14 week old boxer puppy gets sick everytime we travel. We have tried doing only short journeys and he's in a crate to prevent him moving in the boot. We dont feed for a couple of hours beforehand but he always manages to find something to bring up! Today he was sick on the way to my mums and then when we got home he was sick in the garden and doesnt seem himself. Is there something i can get him from the vets to help overcome this??? We always try and make a journey enjoyable at the end but nothing seems to be working.

My firends JRT was terribly car sick, she would only do 5 min's before she threw up so we took her out every day for a trip to the end of the road and back for two weeks then we did an extra 200 yrds for a few days then again and so on. It took about six months but she is happy now to do about an hour with no problems at all.
Didn't matter how long it had been since she had eaten...they always find a little something to present you with don't they!!!!!
Hope this may help
Aileen

Perseverance really is the key and one day you'll suddenly realise he's stopped being sick altogether.  Do as many journeys as you can, I used to pop mine in the car for all the kids after school activities.  That was fun, he sang and vomitted, but at least they stopped arguing!! :)

I changed to an 'undersized' crate just for car journeys and found it helped us to go further before the sickness started - he seemed happier if he could brace himself against the sides - and his travel sickness cleared up quite soon after.  It did mean I got left with a crate I couldn't use but I've lent it to another puppy owner and who knows, we may need it again sometime.

Feed or no feed didn't make any difference to my pup and I figured regular meals were more important.  I tried to adjust things slightly so that there was about an hour between food and car trip (although that wasn't always possible).  If I missed a meal he seemed more lethargic when he was sick and it took longer for him to recover.  After a normal meal he'd be sick but still quite perky although rather disgustingly he'd usually eat what came up!

Apart from that it's a question of making sure they have a non slip surface in the crate and plenty of kitchen roll.  We used an old rubber car mat that I could hose off and disinfect easily enough.  We travelled everywhere with newspaper and carrier bags for a while too.  Good luck :)

Have you tried Stugeron tablets ?

One old fashioned thing was to put brown wrapping paper under the dog & also you can use root ginger

Give a ginger biscuit before travelling :-)

Hi,

Lots of dogs are sick because of stress and fear of traveling.  It might be worth trying to get him used to the car gradually and not doing any actual jouneys for a while if possible.  Start with just popping him in the car, sit in there with him, have a play, feed him some treats.  One of my girls was very travel sick when I first got her, she would drool so much that she would soak through the bedding she was on in betweeen throwing up.  I fed her all her meals in the van while it was stationary for a week, then I progressed to starting the engine up and doing the same for another week.  Then I took her on a two minute drive and built it up slowly that way.  Within a couple of weeks she was excited about jumping in and I was able to do normal journeys within five weeks.

Might be worth a try :-)

I've used Rescue Remedy and Cocculus tablets (at the same time) with the youngster I currently have.  It was obviously a stress thing with her.  When I picked her up initially she would drool within 1/2 mile, and sick if I did a mile!  After a week of frequent trips, some long, she was absolutely fine.  She's now 11 weeks and is a brilliant traveller.  I initially used Rescue Remedy (2 drops - don't let the dropper touch your skin on her mouth ... kills the ingredients, so I've been told) and 2 Cocculus tablets - both things together given about 30 mins to an hour prior to travel.

Alternatively you could try what I did with my first ever dog who was a horrendous traveller ... buy a new car.  That cured it!!!

Cocculus tablets worked wonders! Now she can travel to France!

We did start giving her these knock out tablets, which made her eyes droopy- but it knocked her out for a whole day and was really sad to see. Then we changed to Cocculus tablets which worked brilliantly, now she has nothing!

Apparently Lavender is suppose to help but it didn't!

Good Luck.

Boxer puppies commonly have travel sickness but in my experience this usually goes off by about 6 months.

I would not worry about it to much,the more you take your dog in your car the quicker they get used to it. Mine were both the same as yours but after a few weeks they could not get in the car quick enough.

my solid Cocker boy used to drool terribly even on short journeys, i got so fed up of having to dry his paws/ears every time we went anywhere, and as for showing him! all that bathing/grooming was a waste of time, he usually ended up with wet and drooley feet...uuurrgghh! so i got him some 'sea legs' travel sick pills, and they work! i don't feed him for 24 hours before the journey and give him one tablet about 2/3 hours before we set off, he is placed in the rear footwell (with a car harness on) and just to be on the safe side i wrap a large bath towel under his chin (like a giant bib) so far we have been to darlington and driffield and no drool what so ever! now we just have to try some short distance trips with him!

It is something that he will grow out of, but in the meantime it might help by feeding him small pieces of ginger biscuits during the journey, this used to help our boy when he was a puppy, we thought he would never get over it but he has.  We also used some homeopathic travel tablets for dogs, on longer journeys.  I cannot remember what these were but if you phone Ainsworths (find the number if you google their website) they will prescribe exactly what is right for your dog.  These used to make him quite calm, but not knocked out, more a relaxed state.

I agree with the small crate to make him feel more secure and if you cover it so he cant see out, gradually lifting the sides eventually removing the cover altogether , for long journeys no food and travel sickness pills worked for me.
Start with very short journeys .
feeding in the car playing with a toy and then going in the house not actually travelling anywhere .Some dogs travel better in the hatch others on the back seat .

You will find as he gets older he will grow out of it.

yes i have heard that ginger helps to stop dogs being travel sick also try and cover up the crate so they cant see out side when the car is in motion, i think this last  bit has allready been covered, i would put them sitting in the car for 5 minutes with the engine running so they get used to that then drive off if everything seems well another thing you can do is to give them there favourite toys to try and take there minds off the journey i certaintly would not give mine any food before a trip and just try and make the journeys as short as possible hope this helps.