yep... more advice needed....
I'm visitng family for the weekend in a few weeks - driving n really don't wanna leave my dog at a kennels so wanna take her with us preferably. I've never taken her far before only across town via car and bus. Obviously i won't feed her before, or during the trip, just water - and we'll be doing plenty of toilet stops (more so cos i have a toddler).
Is there anything i can give her to prevent her being upset, or having a dicky tummy?? Like i said, i havn't taken her far before, so i have no idea what she'll be like.
But the trip is a couple of hundred miles, so want to make it as painless as possible for her and for us.
thanks

Rather than giving her anthing i would make going in the car a positive experience.
put her in and go to the park  so car means lovely park or beach or anywhere nice.
do it a few time a week.
i bought a 6 month old pup that hated the car so much she shook, and drooled so mush the back was soaked.
literally after a week of nice things, beach, park etc she loved it. in fact she will happily get in anyones boot.

If your dog is normally alright in the car there's no reason she want be fine for this journey. give her a good walk first so that she's tired and and have plenty of stops on the way.you may find she just sleeps the trip away.
i've never had any trouble with my dogs in the car even though their not used to long trips, if we do go far they just sleep.

Mine are all used to long journeys to shows and to the Lake District for holidays - if yours is ok for short journeys there's no reason she won't be fine for a long one. Just let her have a wee break every couple of hours, and make sure you have a 'wait' command so she doesn't leap out before you're ready at service stations!

We had a dog that was travel sick when he was younger.  Little and often was our approach to tackling the problem and he gradually got used to it.  We also found that a crate in the back of the car helped enormously, it gave him a smaller space so that he wasn't slipping about and he could brace himself for corners!!  If you don't have one try freecycle or eBay.  They are great for safety and it helps to prevent your dog from just leaping out of the car into a busy service station station car park when you stop.

I'm not too sure that witholding food is necesary as long as she has it an hour or so before you leave.  We noticed that ours was more agitated about being sick on an empty stomach as it was more acid.  Also if you are going to be driving for a few hours then it's a long time for her to wait for a meal.

Make sure you take water from home for the trip - if your girl is anything like my dog she won't drink just any old water!!

If you anticipate travel sickness take a couple of plastic bags, some newspaper, and some kitchen roll.  Air freshener is a good idea too, or you might all start...

You'll find there are plenty of people that travel regularly with dogs; if you let us know your motorways you may find that some of us can recommend good stopping places for your dog.  Some service stations are definitely better than others - my OH likes the ones where you can exit onto local roads as they often have good farmland footpaths!!

Its great to make the car journey a good experience and as recommended a few trips with the reward of a walk in the park or somewhere equally as fun is great BUT also do some journeys where you dont go anywhere - just go round the block or something
I made the mistake of making EVERY car journey brilliant by having a nice walk on the beach or the woods at the end of it and now every time fred gets into the car he thinks we are going somewhere great and gets all excited. I have tried, and failed to de-sensitise him to it but he assosiates all car journeys with something brilliant and whines the whole time in excitement until we get there :-(