Puppy gets car sick
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Anonymous
| My puppy is 3 months old and I can't take her to the vet (10 minutes away) without her barfing one or two times. Any tips to help her get over her carsickness? We wanted to go for a 1.5 hour drive this weekend.... Thanks! |
Anonymous
| We had this issue and our dog did outgrow it around 7-8 months when his inner ear was apparently more developed. Not much helped in the meantime but just trying to offer hope that it won’t necessarily be a permanent problem! |
Anonymous
| We also had this issue and ours outgrew it at 9 months old. Vet can prescribe cerenia that you can give before car rides. It works. |
Anonymous
This is normal btw. Don't feed the puppy before you have to leave something like 2 hours before (but double check) you can get anti nausea medication from the vet. I thought my dog would outgrow it but, no he still gets sick ( only drools which is better) but he developed a fear of the car so it took me a long time to get him over it. Don't forget to drive slower and more carefully. |
Anonymous
| Not all puppies outgrow it. Our 4 year old still barfs if we go more than 10 minutes away. It's awful. We thought we were getting a family dog we'd be able to take on hikes and go camping with. She does not ever go in our car because no matter the medicine, it never works and we are tired of cleaning up the awful mess. |
Anonymous
| Dramamine |
Anonymous
| Our dog did this so much the we still put a washable blanket down before taking her in the car, and if we go on an extended car trip (which is RARE) we get both anxiety meds and car sickness meds. |
Anonymous
| This is why I have a dog who rarely leaves the neighborhood. He is now 2 and can make it 10 minutes to the vet and back without meds. He’s done two road trips now, but he needs Cerenia for those. |
Anonymous
Oh and vet visits scheduled for mornings only, no morning food before. |
Anonymous
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My son’s dog would get car sick until she died at 12. I bought him this for his car and he would remove and hose off. Blankets move around too much.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BTCJHJZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 |
Anonymous
That's nice but we have car seats in the back - op |
Anonymous
Where does the dog sit? |
Anonymous
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Practice driving under better conditions: empty stomach, minimal turns, to somewhere more fun than the vet.
Then home and breakfast. |
Anonymous
Well she's a puppy so she sits up front with us. We haven't been in the car more than 10 minutes to go to the vet. She sits on the passenger's lap with a barf bag ready to catch barf. - op |
Anonymous
She needs to be harnessed in the back seat for safety. Take her on practice drives each morning after she’s pooped but before she’s eaten. Make the drives a little longer every day. |