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Topic Dog Boards / Visitors Questions / 12week old pup car sick please help!!!
- By Guest [gb] Date 11.11.05 14:01 UTC
please help my 12 week old pup hates going in the car as she gets car sick, it has only just started in the last couple of weeks. We have tryed not feeding her before she travels everytime we stop and I get her out of the back she is drooling slobbering and generally unwell after a couple of minutes out of the car she is fine, can anybody help as it is making me not want to take her anywhere in the car as it s very unpleaseant for her. She really needs to go in the car as I want to take her with me everywhere I go and to her all important training, any advice would be much appreciated many thanks
- By STARRYEYES Date 11.11.05 14:24 UTC
One of my dog suffered terribly from car sickness but dont panic they can grow out of it.
We tried lots of different suggestions to cure her eventually crating her while travelling did the trick.
Depending on how severe it is you could try ginger bis half an hour before travelling.
For a long journey travel sickness pills but get advice from your vet on how much to give as she is very young.(probably a quarter of a tab) they also need to be given 2 hrs before the journey.

Sometimes it depends on where they are sitting in the vehicle mine prefer the boot but we have a Grand Cherokee Jeep so that is easy they tend to sit facing the back.
If you have the space crating for a short while eases them into travelling in the car.
Cover the crate fully for the journey she may salivate but thats ok it only took a few journeys this way for us and it worked brilliantly.

You could also try taking her out to the car and just sitting in it giving her a little treat or feeding her meals in it  but not actually travelling anywhere to let her know there is nothing to be worried about and that the car is a good thing.
HTH
Roni
- By Natalie1212 Date 11.11.05 15:13 UTC
I have heard that sitting the dog on brown paper whilst travelling helps... I don't know how it works, or who it was that came up with the idea, but I am told it works! :D
- By megan57collies Date 11.11.05 16:03 UTC
Try sitting her in the car with the engine off now and then. Then do it with the engine running but again not going anywhere. My bitch was terrible but I did this and within a week she was fine. Don't know if it was car sickness or excitement as we always went somewhere nice in the car.
She should grow out of it.
Topic Dog Boards / Visitors Questions / 12week old pup car sick please help!!!

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