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gets sick in the car everytime we take our little one in the car he gets sick. He is now 14 weeks. I have tried not feeding him before we go to the vets. Someone said to try ginger snaps cookies, that didn't work. One time I thought we were ok because I brought him a chew bone and it worked right until we pulled into the driveway. Sitting him up looking out the front window seemed to help a little but then he started to slobber and I knew what was coming. I am thinking maybe if we can put him in a car seat looking forward and keeping him busy maybe it would get better. Anyone have any advice? Hubby and I are willing to try anything, we just love this little fellow. :aimeeyork I hate to see him sick. |
Anxiety can do that. I find 1/2 tums about 20 min. before you leave can help a lot. You might just give him 1/4 tums though if he is still pretty small. Pepto Bismol could help if Tums doesnt'. 1/2 cc would do the trick. Try one or the other but not both at the same time. |
Merlin has the same problem. I tried ginger snap cookies but he hates them. My vet recommended 1/2 a tablet of children's gravol, but that makes them a bit sleepy. I started taking him on short rides but made sure he would not eat before, that seems to work and hopefully we can expand the car rides slowly and he gets used to it. |
great help thank you all so much, I just love this site. Its like having an online doctor. Will try, see what happens, and let you all know how I make out. THANKS:) |
Toby is 10 lbs and I give him 1/2 dramamine about two hours before we go on our two hour trip. It has worked every time. Smaller dogs should get 1/4 tablet. I started him on that and it didn't work so I went to 1/2 pill and he does great! Make sure you buy the human dramamine less drowsy formula. |
1 Attachment(s) My Maggie used to get car/motion sick big time. I have a snoozer carseat and once she figured out that if she looked out, she was fine. She got sick for pretty much the first year we had her. She used to do everything but look out the window. She even started to just lay down and fall asleep and she would still start to get queasy. Now she is unstoppable, lol. She loves to go for car rides and is constantly looking all around her. I love our snoozer carseat(s). I have the smaller one that I got when I only had Hot Rod and then I found a bigger one at a consignment shop. The picture is of the larger one. |
My Maggie used to get car/motion sick big time. I have a snoozer carseat and once she figured out that if she looked out, she was fine. She got sick for pretty much the first year we had her. She used to do everything but look out the window. She even started to just lay down and fall asleep and she would still start to get queasy. Now she is unstoppable, lol. She loves to go for car rides and is constantly looking all around her. I love our snoozer carseat. Good luck and hope your little one can get some relief. |
Car sick my bella is 11 mths now and she always gets car sick. as soon as she see's the car door open she gets excited to go in but after 5minutes of riding in the car she starts slobbering and here we go the noises start and she throws up ! this is every single time. i let her look out the window and it help's a little but not that much. i feel bad that she feels sick every time we go somewhere. i was just hoping that it would pass. since she's 11 mths i figured she would just grow out of it. |
my shaffer got car sick all the time and we went in the car often to the beach to friends and so on so car sick wasnt much fun, my vet said take him everyday for a 15 or 20 min drive, so i did everyday for about 6 months he doesnt get sick anymore and he loves the car now. |
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I think it is going to work!!! I was reading in an old thread to take Winston out and just sit in the car, don't start it, just sit. I tried that today for a little while. Then I gave him some anxiety meds. called HomeoPet before we took a short ride to the dog park near our home. He seem to do fine. It was great, they had a fenced in area for larger dogs and a fenced in area for smaller ones. We gave him lots of lead to run but didn't untie him because we could see not all the fence was leveled to the ground and he could have got under it to the larger dog side. On the way home he first didn't want to get in the car but I put him in his new Snoozer seat & windows were down and he settled right down. Oh I pray this will work. We would like to take him with us but its no fun when he is vomiting all the time. We are going to try to do this several times a week making each ride a little longer. |
As I stated in my earlier post, Toby does WONDERFUL on 1/2 Dramamine. We used to give it to him when we went to our place in the country and on the way home. Each ride is about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. On our way to the country the last 1/2 hour is winding roads and small hills. That seemed to be when he would start feeling queasy and end up vomiting. So we started the dramamine and he stopped. We no longer have to give him a dramamine when we come home because we get the winding roads and hills out of the way first. He's a bit fidgety the first half hour but once we hit the highway he goes right to sleep. So now instead of two dramamine, he only has to get one (1/2 that is.) Good luck. I'm sure it will get better in time. Now whenever my car is in the garage, Toby jumps right in. He thinks he's going somewhere. LOL |
It get's better Early on our little guy got sick. We had to pick up our daughter from college that was a 7 hour trip. We used Bonine and he was great. Bonine is like Dramamine. He did not drool or get unusually sleepy. No breakfast. Now he is better in the car (10 months) without any drugs but the key seems to be that he should not eat before going in the car. He is not excited about getting in there but seems to like sitting in the carseat. There is an end to carsickness. Hope the same for you. Mary |
My Dora has been riding in the car since she was 3 months old, I always put her on her car sit so she can see forward and as long as they can see forward they don't get sick. |
Does your dog move around on the car seat? Keeping him confined would probably be the best thing and don't let him look outside when the car is moving. We have a carrier we had bought for airplane travel and it wheels upright. But I keep it in the back seat secured with the seatbelt and it lies flat so he can't see out. I think it's the motion that makes many people and animals carsick. |
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