Does anyone on here have any experience in giving dogs travel tablets? Are kids 'sea-legs' alright for dogs and if so, do they make them drowsy?
Naomi

I have been told by a friend who has had dogs 30 years (10 at the moment, but has had as many as 16 at a time)that she finds Stugeron really good for travel sick dogs, and hers were obedience dogs, so I would think it didn't make them sleepy!

What car have you got Naomi and whereabouts is the dog sitting in it when its sick?

I have a Mitsibushi Galant estate. Kiera travels in the boot. She has travelled alright up until now (she is seven months old) but started to look a bit 'iffy' on our last 'one hour' journey. As we have a two and a half hour journey coming up, I wondered if there was something that I could give her to make sure that she felt ok. I remember feeling travel sick as a child and it's not a nice feeling:( We also make sure that she goes without food before travelling.

Ginger is very good at keeping sickness at bay. It works instantly unlike some of the other sickness products around. Most (inc the homoeopathic) of those need to be given on a fairly regular basis for them to be any good.
It's also thought that travelling on the back seat is better than in the boot, up front is supposed to be even better but not always practical.

That is exactly what I was going to say Naomi. I have the same trouble in my estate. Sick as a pig in the rear of the car even on 5 minute trips but as soon as you put them on the back seat, it miraculously stops, even on trips of 3 hours +. If you really don't want to give the dog anything, get one of those car harnesses and click the dog in the back seat. It works for me.

I take stugeron myself for a middle ear problem and it makes me very sleepy so have never chanced giving it to Cyan but I find one sea leg gets her to shows happy and raring to go.Shes a border collie to give you some indication of size.Gillian

Sea Legs have been recomended to me too. A few friends use them regularly and say they are excellent. The westie (9kls) dose is 1/2 - 1 tablet , I'm not sure if you would give more to a big dog. A new puppy owner gave the puppy she was picking up, 1/2 a sea legs tablet and drove home to Scotland, stopping overnight half way. I dont think he was sick at all, and almost all puppies are on their first journeys. She gave it to him about an hour before she left.

I gave sea legs to a 7 stone hound once & it knocked him out & made him drowsey as hell........now I give suspect pups a few ginger biscuits before the journey & it works a treat.....and they love them!

I've been using sea legs tablets for round about 13months now and they have not made my dogs drowsy, ive just picked up a new puppy and gave him 1/2 sea legs tablet and he was not sick at all, ive had him in the car since then with no tablet and he has been fine, but my bitch still slevers and is slightly sick if I dont give her a tablet. Ive tried ginger biscuits, they did not work and also some herbal remedies they did not work either. so now I just stick to the sea legs tablets.

just goes to show we all have different experiences!;)

Hi all,
yes Jacquie its for the 'Birmingham National' show. She is better in the back of the estate than she is on the back seat of my other car (Micra) but I'm not yet sure if I want to drive the estate to Birmingham (uses loads of petrol). If I could harness her without her being sick it would be ideal. Don't want to bath her on arrival.
(Hope that this makes sense:) )
Naomi

My rotti pup is due to be shown at Birmingham but haven't decided yet whether to give her Sealegs tablets (that make her sleepy) or risk turning up with a dog that needs a wash before she gets in the ring.
10 minutes in the car turns her stomach, and have tried all different positions in the car but nothing works. Have been told by her breeder that most rottis grow out of travel sickness by 18mths!!!
We have a Mitsubushi Space Runner and a cage in the back. It has got to the stage where she fights and stuggles if I take her anywhere near the car!

Hi Nicolla
Am I right in presumimg you are the nicolla who got the rottie pup from wales?? who has done rather well with her so far :-)
All I can say is it wont matter to me if she is sicky or not I WILL be having a cuddle of her.
I dont know whether Ive been lucky but none of my pups that I have run on have been travel sick,I take them out in the car from about 6 7 weeks old round the block nip to fetch dog food from my friends etc etc.
If it was me I doubt I would try anything that may make her sleepy if i was entered in a show.
Could you try it before the show just half a tablet at 1st,other than that take her,let her be sick and wash her up at the show,best of luck on the day,Im just watching I FORGOT (can you beleive it) to enter any of mine :-(
same as wales on saturday and welks next week.
Old age creeping up fast.

Hi Carolyn

Yes I'm the Nicolla with Lottie the Rottie!!!

If you have a cuddle you will have to be snogged as well. I hope the judge doesn't mind being kissed, Lottie snogs everyone regardless of whether they like kissing rottis or not!!!
Add to that the fact that she is totally mad and apparently deaf (except when she hears the food bin) and you have yourself one very loveable, extremely naughty little girl.

We'll see you there.

your not at Wales tomorrow then??

Dont mind dog slobber,muddy paws or pleading eyes but only on dogs and puppies.:-)

Never entered Wales as was advised not to show her til she was about 8 months.
Lottie has now decided to have her first season, and is madder than normal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Naomi,

'TravelRite' is a herbal travel sickness pill made specifically for dogs (there's also one made for cats if anyone's interested). It contains ginger amongst other things (can't remember what the other ingredients are). Your vet will be able to order it for you if they don't stock it, it's not a prescription item so no need to actually see the vet. You may even be able to find it in some pet shops.

Is Kiera's journey going to be to a show? :)

Regards
Jacquie

Hi I have tried all sorts of things for travel sickness including all the alternative things and the only thing I have found to work is Stugeron. I have given it to golden retrievers, papillons (although these are not very sick) and a chinese crested who was terrible. I adjusted the dose to suit the size of the dog and have not had a sleepy dog at the end of a journey at all. My friend who has poms also uses this with success. As a dose guide I give my adult chinese crested 1/2 tablet, puppies 1/4 tablet and then find after a few journeys where I have "broken the cycle" find I dont have to give anything at all. Hope this helps.

Nicola,

Have you tried covering the crate with a blanket ? we took an 11 week pup (akita) 300 miles to deliver her, covered the crate and she slept nearly all the way there, no signs of sickness at all. Must admit both my rotts travel well without problems but always on back seat. Love Lottie the Rottie by the way, I wanted to call my akita Rita but breeder was most upset !!!!

Lorraine

Hi

Will try the blanket over the cage idea - thanks.

Yesterday we tried ginger which apparently works for some but that didn't work.

My vet has offered sedatives but I turned her downed, don't really want to go down that route.