mumof4girls Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 (edited) I got the ginger tablets and crystalisedand non crystalised ( I couldn't remember which lol) ginger today so we are prepared.. I have a week off so we will be doing lots of car work :-) Edited March 24, 2012 by mumof4girls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polgara's Shadow Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 All the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4girls Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 Well very happy to report that we used the ginger tablet yesterday. We had to go to woolloongabba yesterday arvo which is about a 30min drive .. I gave him half a tablet 30mins before we left then my daughter gave him ginger pretty much once we got out of the driveway as he did start his normal behaviour. He mainly licked her fingers he didn't really like it.. But he wasn't sick,woohoo, little bit of drooling when we left but he was much more settled.. Thank you everyone I know it's early days but I am so happy .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumabaar Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I drive a Honda Odyssey. He normally is in the front seat in a car harness only because the seats are leather, even though they are covered they have side rests so I can keep an eye on him in the front. The day we went to the breeders (and when we go camping) he was in the boot part, I fold down the back seat so he has more room and he is harnessed in also. I'm on a weeks holiday now so we will be going for daily drives to school and I'm going to take him to the beach also.. I agree I need to give him more access to car rides.. We don't go in the car that much mainly because I work and weekends we do things around the house in the yard.. Well there's your first thing to work on. Going in the car needs to be old hat to the pup. With my drooly vomity babies, it was mileage as much as anything that got them over it. I think there's also an anxiety component in a lot of dog's car sickness. What sort of car have you got and where does your pup travel in the car? Not sure if you mean the passenger seat- but just be aware that puppies and air bags don't mix all that well if you have an accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4girls Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 Sorry Jumabar he did sit in the front the first few times he now sits in the back with the seat down and his harness on.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumabaar Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Sorry Jumabar he did sit in the front the first few times he now sits in the back with the seat down and his harness on.. Thats cool- many people don't think about the airbags so I always mention it. I am glad you are having more success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4girls Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 Mee too! I know what car sickness feels like, as a child I had it every christmas when we drove to the coast, I was the one in the back seat with the bucket .. Yuck.. Plenty more driving this week and we are going to the beach so that will be fun, can't wait to see his reaction to sand and the sea :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melinda10786 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Our boy had the same issues with car sickness, it sounds like you are on top of it! We tried ginger, and that seemed to have minimal effect. The junket tablets seemed to work really well. We found that not feeding at least two hours prior to travelling ensured that even if he was sick it wasn't going to be a lot. I put the baby mesh shade barriers on the windows, so we can have the windows all the way down and with plenty of air flow it really helped with the car sickness. Monte liked being able to see out the window, but because he was so little, the only thing he could focus on was the back of the chairs, but once he got to the stage where he could look out the window and feel the breeze coming through, he seemed to be much better. We took him and Ivy to Agnes Water at the end of January and that's a five hour car trip alone including stops and not one bout of car sickness! We wouldn't have been able to do that about 12 months ago. They do tend to grow out of it too. We had to ensure we made all trips in the car enjoyable (so the car ride was fun and wherever we were going was going to be fun) for him otherwise because he was getting sick, he'd refuse to get in the car, so perhaps something to keep in mind as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Rusty Bucket Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 A common thing I've heard suggested - for smaller dogs, is to put a box with insulation from the car floor (towels or blanket) under it, in the footwell of the car and put the dog in that so it can't see out at all. I used to not feed my dog for hours beforehand and seek out straight roads with few stops and starts. She figured out for herself if she likes flat on the back seat (in her harness) and keeps her eyes closed she's fine. We would drive 1.5km each morning to the local dog park, just to keep her used to the idea of going somewhere in the car. She's used to it enough now she can sit up and look where we're going. And she's worked out for herself it's a good idea to stay put, not try to encourage the driver to go faster to the park or beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lavendergirl Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 What can sometimes help too is - if you have small dogs - to put them into a fully enclosed basket or something similar in the back seat so they feel cosy and secure. You can still attach the harness to the seatbelt. I think sometimes dogs feel insecure in a moving car and this helps to minimize the movement they experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4girls Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 I'll make sure I put a thick layer of towel down, air flow, unfortunately the very back hatch window doesn't open but we do keep all 4 windows down so he has air flow, I think it reaches right to the very back. He likes to lay up on the seat that is folded down, since we are taking 2 cars it will only be him and my oldest daughter so he should be high enough to get the breeze :-) A common thing I've heard suggested - for smaller dogs, is to put a box with insulation from the car floor (towels or blanket) under it, in the footwell of the car and put the dog in that so it can't see out at all. I used to not feed my dog for hours beforehand and seek out straight roads with few stops and starts. She figured out for herself if she likes flat on the back seat (in her harness) and keeps her eyes closed she's fine. We would drive 1.5km each morning to the local dog park, just to keep her used to the idea of going somewhere in the car. She's used to it enough now she can sit up and look where we're going. And she's worked out for herself it's a good idea to stay put, not try to encourage the driver to go faster to the park or beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Rusty Bucket Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Hope it works for you. I used to put a lot of newspaper around my dog too - cos it was much easier to rollup a few layers of newspaper covered in dog vomit - and chuck them out (or put in plastic bag), than to try to rinse off her bedding, towels, sheets etc. And if she ever sat up and started drooling, I'd get a whole newspaper under her mouth as fast as I could and pull over if possible. Usually worked. She has pretty much grown out of it now, I can drive across country (Adelaide to Mudgee) and she's ok. I do stop every couple of hours and take her for a walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4girls Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 Well we went to the beach yesterday a 50 min drive.. Gave him a ginger tablet 30mins before we left and throughout the trip he took little pieces of ginger.. A bit of drooling but no vomiting :-) . We did stop after 20 mins for a quick walk then back in the car. On the way home I didn't worry about the tablet ( actually forgot) but he slept the whole way so it was OK.. We had a great day at redcliffe just us on the dog beach and so happy the drive home was OK for him.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dxenion Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Excellent news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pockets Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I would put him in a crate and cover the crate mostly, give him something to chew on like a pigs ear :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4girls Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 I would put him in a crate and cover the crate mostly, give him something to chew on like a pigs ear :) Pockets the crate we have is way to big for my car, we bought one that he will fit when he is fully grown. It will fit in the back of OH Ute but I didn't want him in the back I'm worried if he is anxious this will not help but do others think he would be better in the back? OH really wants to put him in but I am not so sure..Maybe I am just being Over protective :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizT Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I had a GSD that got car sick as a Puppy. We would give him a Blackmores Ginger tablet half an hour before we went to obedience and he didn't vomit. Without the tablet he did. This car sickness continued until he was 7 years old and my new hubby came on the scene. Harley loved my new man as much as I did and was actually willing to jump into his Station Wagon. Not something he happily did before. He was never car sick from that time on a he lived another 7 years. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4girls Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 So Liz I need to find a new man LMAO ... That's the same ginger tab I used :-) I had a GSD that got car sick as a Puppy. We would give him a Blackmores Ginger tablet half an hour before we went to obedience and he didn't vomit. Without the tablet he did. This car sickness continued until he was 7 years old and my new hubby came on the scene. Harley loved my new man as much as I did and was actually willing to jump into his Station Wagon. Not something he happily did before. He was never car sick from that time on a he lived another 7 years. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Great progress :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4girls Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) Double post.. Edited March 29, 2012 by mumof4girls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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