I'm transporting a foster puppy known to get carsick on a 7 hour car trip Saturday.
Thank you Leerburg forum posters for writing about his issue so often in the past. I'm going to try ginger snaps, cottage cheese, and a little Rescue Remedy.
Wish me luck, and throw ANY better suggestions my way.
For my chronic car puker I use this stuff and it has gotten me an hour in the car hurl free where other calmers, snaps, and meds have had zero effect on her. It's so nice... so so nice to be able to make it past 15 minutes in the car without her upchucking.
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I like all the suggestions!
Also, exercise her VERY WELL before you put her in the car. Lot's of up beat training with a toy (no food, let's not tempt the fates here) and make sure she is tired.
I've never dealt with car sickness but I have heard that covering the crate as well as everything you mentioned in the OP are the things to do!
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Quote: Meredith Hamilton
I'm transporting a foster puppy known to get carsick on a 7 hour car trip Saturday.
Thank you Leerburg forum posters for writing about his issue so often in the past. I'm going to try ginger snaps, cottage cheese, and a little Rescue Remedy.
Wish me luck, and throw ANY better suggestions my way.
I agree 100% with Dennis about ginger, and there are more effective ways to administer it. If you go to a vitamin/heath-food store and ask for standardized ginger root capsules, you'll find both child and adult size.
MY own opinion with safe herbal remedies like ginger is that the low end of the adult directions is about right; children directions are extremely low in active ingredients, IME.
Dogs can have real carsickness (inner ear problem), and a dose of Dramamine per vet's instructions is effective for dogs as well as people.
If it's more hates-the-car-afraid-of-the-car, then you don't have much time to acclimate the pup to the car. But you will have the opportunity to make frequent stops, right? Having suffered from pretty bad carsickness as a kid (and even an adult if I sit in the back seat), I can vouch for the relief of a stop, getting out of the car, breathing fresh air, etc.
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I would feed the dog dinner the night before & then nothing the day of the trip. Unless someone can feed the dog VERY early before the trip. Meaning hours before the trip. Feed him when you get to your destination.
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