I recommend to my clients that when they fly w/ their dog or if they travel by car and there's going to be a significant altitude change, to watch their dogs. If they seems uneasy; uncomfortable or down right in pain their ears may need to pop just like ours do.
There are a few ways I recommend that you help them out:
1. Offer them water, the swallowing should help do the trick
2. Offer them a treat to chew on during the trip, again for the swallow factor.
IF not-
3. You can open their mouth w/ your fingers and stretch their jaw as wide as it will open (gently and slowly) for just a second. This mimics the yawning that we tend to do ourselves...it often does the trick.
Many dogs don't have problems, but if yours is one of them and seems stressed, try one of the three above tactics! |