 Take her for "fake" car rides often.
Try pretending to go for car rides several times a day. Do the routine of getting in your car while it is parked, starting it and going through the motions that cause her to panic. Watch her while you do this to see what scares her the most. You won't be moving so you can pay close attention. If she freaks whenever you put the turn signal on, put the signal on and leave it until she calms down. Try soothing her while it's on to show her there's nothing to be afraid of. Then give her a treat when she quiets down.
I had to do this with Ollie for the vacuum cleaner. He would totally freak out when I vacuumed and even sometimes pee he got so scared. It took a few days of pretending to vacuum without the vacuum turned on to get him to even get near the vacuum. Once he was confident the vacuum wasn't going to hurt him, I did the routines with the vacuum running (and not moving). It definitely took alot of patience, but eventually it worked. Now we can vacuum and he's totally oblivious. |