Something like that will often panic a dog. I've heard of it happening to several dogs. If your next car trip finds her remembering those last two trips and panic sets in again, start to desensitize her to the new car. Just open the doors to the car on both sides so it's all open and not closed and scary and toss one of her toys or a treat in it and let her get it out and jump right back out. If she won't, just pick her up and go sit in the car for a second and get right back out and then treat her and play with her and then grab her up, sit back in the car for another second, out to play and treats. Keep sitting in the car with her followed by a payoff she likes and after the first day or two, sit there a little longer with her and she will begin to see that being in the new car is just short and sweet and nothing bad is happening and she gets treats and playing afterward. After a while, she should retrieve treats or toys of her out of it on her own. In time, she should accept the new car and you can take a very short trip around the block and after a few of those, she should no longer remember just that scary episode in the old car.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |