I am almost sure that the thing that bothers her is balance. She used to be fine on car rides... she'd cry a little, but she wasn't in the car much. When Scott worked shifts up at the mines, on his weeks off he'd take her out on errands every day and she did great with him then!
Ever since she has been paralyzed, she's been scared of the car. She was scared on my lap but got used to it and slept. Now she's scared in the back seat. If we're driving on the highway (which we do for 20 minutes each way every day), she calms down a lot. She'll cry driving out of town, then be okay on the highway, and then cry in the city again. The slow down, stop, start, turn, etc. I think is what bothers her most. We're moving and her body is moving but she just has her two legs to stabilize herself.
This morning we did really well actually! She did cry in the city as usual, but she fell asleep and snored for at least 10 minutes of the highway drive (after I only had to stop her once from chewing on her carrier!)
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