gdunc Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 My cocker pup, who is coming up for 7 months, has on the past five or six journeys of any distance been sick in her box. She is not reluctant to go in but is not so keen to just jump in as she used to be as well. It happened today on both the away and return leg both just over an hour in duration. She is silent in the back and i've always tried to give her time to digest before we set off (thoug this hasn't always been possible). Any tips for curing this apparent travel sickness?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FBF Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 can she see out when moving? if so try covering her box so she cant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdunc Posted October 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 can she see out when moving? if so try covering her box so she cant. She can't really see any movement as such, only daylight coming in over the rear hatch - where the box faces rearward out of a hatchback and the box is only just taller than the height of the tailgate. She shouldn't really see anything moving outside I would imagine. She usually seems to be lying down in her box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustyfox Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 My old dog used to do this when she was young, we just kept on taking her out in the car and each time it took longer for her to be sick and eventually she stopped being sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stiv24 Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 My old dog used to do this when she was young, we just kept on taking her out in the car and each time it took longer for her to be sick and eventually she stopped being sick. I agree with dustyfox. Your spaniel will now associate your car with being sick. Clean the car so it doesn't smell of sick and do lots of short trips gradually building up the distance travelled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdunc Posted October 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 My old dog used to do this when she was young, we just kept on taking her out in the car and each time it took longer for her to be sick and eventually she stopped being sick. I agree with dustyfox. Your spaniel will now associate your car with being sick. Clean the car so it doesn't smell of sick and do lots of short trips gradually building up the distance travelled. I keep a fleece in her box so it gets cleaned every time this happens. I'll go back to short journeys to try and get her to enjoy being in the car again! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROBLATCH Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 try short distances and build gradual. try enticing her to the car with her meal ( reward her ) i think this way when she enters the car she thinks reward reward reward. it worked for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniel Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 At first my springer was the same, when i took her out in the car, i would only go about 1000 yds and she would be sick and poo in the boot of the car. But when i took her out in the jeep she was fine...i think the C5 was a bit floaty and made her sick. After a few trips out in the jeep she was fine, and now just settles down and relaxes in the back of the car. But I would do what as already been mentioned, short trips even just getting her to sit in the boot and go nowhere will encourage her that there is nothing to be scared of etc, and build from there good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Janaway Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 can she see out when moving? if so try covering her box so she cant. She can't really see any movement as such, only daylight coming in over the rear hatch - where the box faces rearward out of a hatchback and the box is only just taller than the height of the tailgate. She shouldn't really see anything moving outside I would imagine. She usually seems to be lying down in her box. that would be the problem, what makes people travel sick is that they can feel the car moving, but they cant see any ( like if your reading a book or somthing ). prehaps you should try to make it so that she can se out so she can feel movement aswell as feeling it. if she still being sick then i dunno wat u could try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeksofdoom Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 All young dogs get sick in cars, both of mine did but they've grown out of it. A couple of things that I tried were, slowing down while driving with the dog in the car, not feeding it at all before you go on a trip, it also helps if they can see out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippy18 Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Going to sound stupid and have everyone yelling "bloody fool", but brown paper worked with my Springer. He used to be terrible with traveling then the wife was talking to a woman down the road who shows poodles and travels all over with them and she told us to buy large sheets of the brown parcel paper you can get, the type with a bit of a shine to it. Then cover the area where the dog travels in the car. Don't put any blankets, beds etc and get the dog to sit on this. Well i said exactly what everyone is probably going to say about me, but the wife tried it. Short trips to start with and then longer and ****** me it worked. Don't know what it is all about but the dog has never been sick to this day. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdunc Posted October 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Going to sound stupid and have everyone yelling "bloody fool", but brown paper worked with my Springer. He used to be terrible with traveling then the wife was talking to a woman down the road who shows poodles and travels all over with them and she told us to buy large sheets of the brown parcel paper you can get, the type with a bit of a shine to it. Then cover the area where the dog travels in the car. Don't put any blankets, beds etc and get the dog to sit on this. Well i said exactly what everyone is probably going to say about me, but the wife tried it. Short trips to start with and then longer and ****** me it worked. Don't know what it is all about but the dog has never been sick to this day. Cheers Interesting, might give this a try, if nothing else it'll make for easier cleaning than the fleeces! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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