[sympa]

hello everyone. i've been lurking on this site for a while and scanning the forums for a similar problem that our Miko has and haven't found anything. if i missed something, i apologize for the repetition.

whenever my husband and i take miko in the car, she panics! she barks, becomes aggressive and whines. we've figured out that she thinks that one of us is going to leave (like when we use the turn signal or the emergency break, one of us will get out and run the errand and the other will stay in the car with her)

we've tried crating her in the back seat, keeping her free in the back seat, holding her on the passenger's lap, to no avail. we used to let her stay on the driver's lap, but she panicked so badly that she bit my husband's ribs and caused him to swerve into the direction of oncoming traffic.

she is so well trained in nearly every other way (she sometimes chases the cat with a little aggression, but we're working on that and i think we can manage it). we're at our wit's end at how to help her, but this panic isn't good for her or us.

has anyone else had this problem with their dog? please offer any advice.
we think we might have to take her to a therapist but we don't have any money really, so to do that, we'll have to skip out on other things.

thanks for reading! i really appreciate any insights you guys might have.