Puppy Advice (merged)

Bromley86

I'm no expert, but if that's from the first few times then there may be no long term problem.

Start with short trips, periods of sitting (playing & treating) in the boot with the pup and trips to enjoyable places (i.e. not just the vet ). Make sure there are comfort items in the boot, i.e. the pup's blankets, sometyhing with your smell. Make sure he's comfortable (pet bed or, if you're expecting vomit, a pile of towels).

It is worth getting them used to cars. My cousin didn't and it was annoying for her. Good luck!

TrikerAndBiker

You just need a lot of patience, as Bromley has said make sure you have some of pups comfort items and plenty of cleaning materials, water, paper roll etc.

Dont feed pup just before going out in the car and dont get them excited, just walk them to the car quietly and sit him/her in it without the engine running. Next time try with the engine running but dont move it and just keep building up from there.

With my old whippet cross it took over 6 months before she stopped travel sickness but with my jackadoodle we cant keep her out of the car, she loves it :rotfl:

get_me_out

Our wee pup was sick in the car, and last week while on Holiday. I was told to feed a bit of ginger biscuit 20 mins before travel. and then hourly.

That was by a rescue hope it helps

Paparika

get_me_out wrote: »

Our wee pup was sick in the car, and last week while on Holiday. I was told to feed a bit of ginger biscuit 20 mins before travel. and then hourly.

That was by a rescue hope it helps

the travel eze tablets hasnt worked and yes ginger biscuits was suggested to me today... has it worked for your pup?

Raksha

i_am_really_rich!! wrote: »

You are not teaching the puppy to wee in the crate. It's well known that a dog will not toilet in it's bed if possible. If the crate is too big then it will move to toilet in another part of the crate. if puppy is sleeping it won't wee.

If the pup is too young, ie it's system is not matured enough to hold on, then yes, you will be teaching it to wee it its crate - now you can use this to work for you, by providing a piece of substate which you want the dog to use in later life in that corner furthest from the bed if you like, so the dog learns only to use that surface to wee on. You can then remove it when the dog gets older and can physcially hold on if the right surface isn't there. But I have dealt with plenty of dogs, particularly ex breeding !!!!!es, and puppies who have been left too long too young in their crates while owners have been at work, who have learnt exactley this - to wee in their crate what ever the surface......

Raksha

Some dogs struggle when in the back of an estate car, and travel better in the foot well (so long as somebody is there to supervise and prevent them becoming a danger to the driver). Others cope better in a travelling crate. Strangely for some dogs it's being able to see out that affects them, and when they can't see out they are better.

Breeders can help new owners a lot by letting the pups travel with Mum in the car a few times before they go to their new homes.

Lorne

Congratulations on your new arrival!

Paparika

Raksha wrote: »

Some dogs struggle when in the back of an estate car, and travel better in the foot well (so long as somebody is there to supervise and prevent them becoming a danger to the driver). Others cope better in a travelling crate. Strangely for some dogs it's being able to see out that affects them, and when they can't see out they are better.

Breeders can help new owners a lot by letting the pups travel with Mum in the car a few times before they go to their new homes.

Isnt it against the law to have a dog in the footwell, i thought they had to be in a cage or harnessed or in the back

sandy2_2

My old cat used to be a perfect traveller in the car (in his travel crate with towellly lining), but in the past 18mths he's started to be sick, so our solution was not to feef him before traveling which more or less worked. However he had to have a 2hr trip in a friends car recently and wasn't sick at all. Friends car is a Xara which has quite a soft ride whereas our is a sports car with quite firm suspension. So it might be the car not the animal

Paparika

sandy2 wrote: »

My old cat used to be a perfect traveller in the car (in his travel crate with towellly lining), but in the past 18mths he's started to be sick, so our solution was not to feef him before traveling which more or less worked. However he had to have a 2hr trip in a friends car recently and wasn't sick at all. Friends car is a Xara which has quite a soft ride whereas our is a sports car with quite firm suspension. So it might be the car not the animal

Its a toyota corolla, if it was my 22 year old fiesta i could understand that