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05-21-2013, 08:45 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: May 2013 Location: Vermont
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| Flying with my Yorkie So, I have flown multiple times with Layla (my Yorkie) and she is quite the handful! Each time I have flown with her she has either cried, chewed through the bag, or somehow escaped. I just recently bought a bigger bag for her so hopefully our flight on Friday, she will be more comfortable. For all of you that travel with your Yorkie, do you have any recommendations? I've read that you shouldn't drug your dog (but I would love to lol) while traveling just because you don't' know how your dog with react with higher altitudes. The vet said to give her benadryl, however she never recommended a dosage. I don't know how long before the flight i should give it to her. The flights are usually 2 hours long. PLEASE HELP!!! Layla is going to be 2 in July, 5.0lbs, and a diva! |
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05-21-2013, 08:55 AM | #2 |
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| Always try any medicine at home a few days before the fact incase they have a negative reaction to it or it does nothing. Your vet can normally give you something to calm her down. I know Benadryl makes Callie a bit more hyper.
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05-21-2013, 09:03 AM | #3 |
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| Thank you Callie's mommy! Benadryl has also made Layla a bit more hyper. |
05-21-2013, 10:52 AM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Tide Head NB Canada
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| I travel with Bella frequently. She would rather be on my knee than in her bag so I do give her something to help keep her quiet. It does not knock her out but just makes her a little sleepy. This is what my vet gave me....acepromazine 1/2 of a 10mg. Tablet 2 hours before she flies. Bella weighs 7 pounds. I tested it on her before I flew...first only giving her half of the recommended dose to see how she would react, then a few days later the recommended dosage. She needed the full dose. Hope this helps and good luck on the flight. |
05-21-2013, 11:08 AM | #5 |
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| thanks Snowbird! Layla has flown with me too and she loves to sit on my lap during the flight, but it's just nerve wrecking because I don't want her to get used to that and I don't want to get in trouble for taking her out. I'll ask my vet about acepromazine. |
09-19-2013, 10:11 AM | #6 |
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| Did you ever try the Acepromazine? I just got some for my 10 pound girl. Vet said to give her 1/4 to 1/2 of a 10 mg tablet and to test it out beforehand. I hate the idea of testing it because I don't like to see her sleepy during the day when she could be chasing squirrels and barking at strollers. I know the test is to make sure she doesn't have a reaction so I will have to do it if I use it. My dilemma is that we are taking her on a beach vacation. Our flight is at 730 am but is only 1.5 hours. We land around 9am (If on time) and could be on the beach by 11am. We won't be able to check in that early, so the beach is the most likely place we will go. Maggie LOVES the beach, she runs and runs. That is why we are taking her. I don't want her knocked out that whole first day, since we only have 4 beach days, weather permitting. How long does this stuff last, and if I give her a low dose will she be fairly normal after 6 hours or so? I don't need her asleep, I just can't bear for her to be shaking and crying to come out of her carrier. She is not used to her carrier and training her to get used to it isn't really working. I'll work on that but if it comes to it we'll stick her in and she'll have to deal with it...hence the sedative. She loves people and being in the carrier in the waiting area for the plane will make her quite unhappy. Can't decide if we should just stick it out with no meds for the flight down. If she doesn't do well she can have them coming home since then it won't matter if she sleeps all day. Another thought with the meds is that it might be quite handy if we wanted to go out for a few hours in the evening without her. She would be content to go in her travel crate and sleep while we're gone....she isn't fond of the travel crate yet either, but I've read stories of dogs escaping from hotel rooms and she sleeps in a crate at home. I don't want to start her sleeping with us. We don't sleep well with her there and she likes her crate at night and during storms or chaos in the house. I'd like to hear how various pets responded to the meds and how long it kept them sedated. |
09-19-2013, 11:17 AM | #8 | |
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09-19-2013, 12:05 PM | #9 |
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| My get said Benadryl makes some dogs more Hyper. Not what we want! |
09-20-2013, 07:14 AM | #10 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Tide Head NB Canada
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| Yes I have used the Acepromazine and it helped. Bella is 7 pounds and I have used 1/4 of the pill and it made her a little sleepy but did not knock her out....you don't want that. I have also given her 1/2 of the tablet and it made her very droggy so I didn't do that again...she had nothing to eat that day and it hit her hard. My recommendation would be to try it on her at home to see how she reacts that way you will know. You don't want to give it to her the first time and get on a plane with not knowing how she will react to it.....If wears off quite quickly though |
09-20-2013, 10:19 AM | #11 |
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| Maggie's daddy doesn't want to drug her. We may opt to tough it out on the flight down and if it's too much for all of us then we'll use it on the way back. Have to decide if I should do a test run before we go, or do it while I'm down there, but ONLY if we decided we would need it for the way home. This way we won't even test it if she doesn't need it. I would have to locate a vet's office and do it during office hours if I decide to test it on vacation. I don't want her OUT, I just want her to be like "chill". Awake but not giving a sh#$ about anything. Hmmm maybe she could smoke something??? (kidding!) |
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