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Gemma
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 Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 10:52:30 AM
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Poor Daisy-Duke. She gets very car sick. Just the 10 min drive to the farm leaves my poor car absolutely covered in doggy drool. Any further than that and she's sick.
Is there anything I can do to help her? We'd love to be able to go away for a few days with the dogs but just can't do it with her being so poorly.
Poor little sausage 
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lisa b
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 11:02:18 AM
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| im having the same trouble with my 1 yr old whippet bitch!! poor thing.. i got some travel tablets from vets that stop her being sick but she still drools all over the car!! bless her.x |
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Gemma
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 11:04:11 AM
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Ah - tablets. Didn't think about that! Might pop into the vets en route to work on Monday and see what they suggest.
But I don't suppose it'll help with the drooling. And I can't give her tablets every day. It'll cost a fortune! |
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rhoni
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 12:15:15 PM
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| How funny, one of my Russells is Daisy Duke, she's sitting on my knee as I type! The pills might help the drooling as well if it is nausea related, which it could well be. Re the tablets - as far as I'm aware the active ingredient in doggy travel sick pills is the same as bog-standard antihistamines (not the non-drowsy ones!) which are of course a lot cheaper - this was a tip from my small animal vet, top man! You'll also probably find she'll grow out of it - try to take her out for a few minutes every day so she gets used to it. |
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Zan
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 12:23:16 PM
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First of all ---don't sympathise with her or console her----be nice of course but in a cheery no-need-to-worry sort of way
Lots of short trips, or better still lots of sitting in the car for a short while going nowhere when you can distract her with a favourite toy or food. Still being cheery and bright
If that works you can build up gradually to longer trips.
I have never used travel sickness pills, but once when I had to collect a young dog 160 miles away who was always travel sick, I gave her enough ACP to sedate her but not knock her out entirely. She was compus mentus, but drowsy, the whole way and travelled with my dogs who are good travellers.She was never travel sick again---so sometimes just going for it can work. |
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Lanabanana
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 12:24:16 PM
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Hi Gemma, Can really sympathise with you on this one.
Our 13mth old female is so car sick it puts us off taking her on car journeys, even in the horsebox where she can move about more she still drools for England and is then sick (several times).
The last time we took her out in the car she actually started to dribble before the engine was even turned on, so I think its more like anxiety or excitement, especially as she was really tired on the way home and slept the whole way and wasn't sick once.
I tried a homeopathic remedy which had no effect, so if you find something let me know please |
     
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vjc
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 12:33:28 PM
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| oh dear i remember when my whippet snoopy went through that phase, it was awful he used to cower and tremble when i wanted to take him anywhere because he knew it would make him sick! i used tablets they helped a bit but the vet said you must keep going as he will grow out of it! i never really believed it, but hey he loves the car now and travels everywhere with us, he even went over to caldy island on the boat waves and all and enjoyed it!! |
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Gemma
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 12:51:46 PM
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Thanks guys. It is so frustrating as we'd love to be able to get out and about with them but she suffers so much!
At the moment, she comes to the farm with me every day. It's only a 10 min journey but my poor car is soaked by the time we finish. She starts drooling as soon as she gets in - even before we start moving. I popped into the tack shop on the way home this morning (to replace the ariat trainers the little horror chewed to bits) and even in that 5 min stop she kept drooling.
BUT she is getting better - albeit very slowly. She will jump up into the car now, whereas when we first got her she had to be lifted in. It's just as well as she's getting BIG now - too big to man-handle into the car.
Will just keep persevering and hope she grows out of it. She's 5 months old now and so gorgeous! |
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cazza
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Maramoo
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 2:49:14 PM
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| Ah bless her - she will grow out of it. We had a boxer who was sick all over my school blazer when I was younger. Just a word of warning on ACP - it is lethal to boxers and some other breeds and can cause them to have serious heart problems. It is fine with most other dogs and vets use it as a pre-anaesthetic routinely, but it is an absolute no-no with breeds that are predisposed to cardiomyopathy. Lots of little short trips and she will be fine |
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Zan
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 4:24:19 PM
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Hi Maramoo---since you can only get ACP prescribed by a vet I thought it would be safe enough to mention. I wouldn't use it routinely for travel sickness though---that was one occassion when a rescued dog had to travel a long distance whether she liked it or not, and was done with consultation with vet obviously.
Normally I always find lots of little journeys to happy destinations and not making a big deal out of it does the trick |
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sarahlock
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 4:55:55 PM
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When i picked up a 5 month old brown & white collie in Cornwall 11yrs ago he had a 40 mile journey back to our place , he drooled , blew bubbles & then deposited a pile of sheep **** & straw into the foot well ,just missing my foot 
I`ve never had a puppy that was so travel sick & even if i put him in the car with my other dog & went back in the house for 10 mins he`d be drooling & blowing bubbles in anticipation!
I took him to my homeopathic vet who made up a mixture for him & told me to rub the crystals on his gum 5 mins before a journey, within a week he was cured & was never travel sick again ! |
     
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Maramoo
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 4:56:36 PM
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Hi Zan
You are absolutely right - vet needed to prescribe ACP, but there have been reports of vets who are unaware of the side effects it can have on certain breeds. So just thought it best to high-light this. It is absolutely fine on most breeds and can be used safely - looks like it did the trick with yours. The link below shows an article on the subject. The thing is with ACP lots of horsey folk have some in their cupboard just like they do with bute, so forewarned is forearmed so to speak
http://www.jlhweb.net/BOSS/ace.htm
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ashabarab
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 6:16:58 PM
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hadthesame prob afewyears back..my vet told me to get some piriton [antihistomine] from a chemist as they were a lot cheeper to buy than anything he could give me and give one tab every other day...this was a larger dog than yours but have a word with your vet as to dosage
worked a treat and did not cost a fortune either..and you can buy them with out a prescription too!
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ali bali
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 7:30:24 PM
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Hi Gemma sorry to hijack your thread but having the same problem with a 7 month old GSD. Can anyone tell me what age they tend to grow out of it? Is there any hope for her now?!  |
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polly
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 8:07:05 PM
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okay -the key is to desensitize puppy to the car
1. park car somewhere safe ...your drive , garden etc leave boot open put her in, spend time in and around the car, empty glove box , make some phone calls( or clean the car!)
do this a few times.
2. start to feed puppy in the car,let puppy sit in there while you are gardening, so it no longer a bit exciting thing .
3. sitting in the car with engine running
4. SHORT journey ie . to get petrol, round the block , 5 mins only
5. slowly increase length of journey.good luck |
   
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Suelin
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 8:20:44 PM
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| Our Whippet rescue Penny was an appalling traveler. After spending a small fortune at the vets to no avail a whippet breeder suggested Sturgeron. You can get this at any chemist for people. Half a tablet 2 hours before they travel. We only had to do it once and it worked like a charm. We made sure that the journey had some fun at the end of it for her and when we came home as well. For subsequent trips we gave her a good run in the field before our trip and when we came home and now you can't keep her out of the car. She just loves it. |
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alix liddle
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 10:01:51 PM
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| We had one like this. Tried everything, tablets, those strip things that discharge static and nothing used to work. He was slightly better when we went on holiday with him because he was in the car more frequently. Good luck!! |
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arabic
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Posted - 06 Jul 2008 : 12:28:38 AM
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Probably totally useless because I cant remember for the life of me if it worked but I remember having a Pomeranian years ago who was travel sick and my grandfather saying "sit him on newspaper". Knowing my luck he meant to mop up the sick rather than any divine prevention lol!
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tamila
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Posted - 06 Jul 2008 : 07:19:44 AM
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| Try Prevent Probiotic. It works for my friends dogs. |
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Gerri
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Posted - 06 Jul 2008 : 12:40:32 PM
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| Hi hope this helps, but this is what worked for one of my dogs that used to get travel sick, I did not give any food for a few hours before traveling, and used to open the windows for her and at first started off with going down the drive and back and gradually a bit further. she still gets drooly if I travel her without the window open on long journeys but she is 100% better than she was, so good luck and let me know if it works okay |
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Gemma
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Posted - 06 Jul 2008 : 3:50:43 PM
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Thanks for all the tips - much appreciated. She had 4 trips out in the car yesterday and was only sick on the last one, just as we were coming home.
Today we took them both over to a country fair, about a 40 mi drive. She was sick just as we pulled into the park on the way over (despite having had breakfast 2 1/2 hours earlier. We then exhausted them wandering around the fair, and entered some fun dog show classes with them both. They were so worn out on the journey home they slept all the way. Result! |
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