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gramsof1 · 02-02-2009, 03:57 PM

Hi,

Our Tiki is 3 1/2 now - almost. Lately she has been getting all hyper when we go in the car. She is sooo excited to get into the car and is usually ok until we get to the freeway. Then she will tremble and after a while she will pant like crazy. The first time it happened, I thought she was thirsty so of course I popped out her water dish, but no. Then I realized she was scared. We got to thinking and we think the very first time it happened, we had driven over some compact snow on the freeway, made bumpy by the snow plows scraping it down and then cars driving over it with chains, making it really bad. Now if we hit a bump, use the wipers or if a big rig goes by (noisy one), then it starts up....today we were out, on the freeway and she never made a sound. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme nor reason to it.

Any help would appreciated. We don't scold. We try not to say anythign to her but I worry that she may have a heart attack or something. My girlfriend has her brother and he has done it from day one. They have a mororhome and she said he panted all the way to California and back from Washington.

I wrote to Warren Eckstein too.

Myrna

02-02-2009, 03:57 PM	#1
gramsof1 Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NW Washington state Posts: 50	Scaredy yorkie Hi, Our Tiki is 3 1/2 now - almost. Lately she has been getting all hyper when we go in the car. She is sooo excited to get into the car and is usually ok until we get to the freeway. Then she will tremble and after a while she will pant like crazy. The first time it happened, I thought she was thirsty so of course I popped out her water dish, but no. Then I realized she was scared. We got to thinking and we think the very first time it happened, we had driven over some compact snow on the freeway, made bumpy by the snow plows scraping it down and then cars driving over it with chains, making it really bad. Now if we hit a bump, use the wipers or if a big rig goes by (noisy one), then it starts up....today we were out, on the freeway and she never made a sound. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme nor reason to it. Any help would appreciated. We don't scold. We try not to say anythign to her but I worry that she may have a heart attack or something. My girlfriend has her brother and he has done it from day one. They have a mororhome and she said he panted all the way to California and back from Washington. I wrote to Warren Eckstein too. Myrna