Hungarian Wire Haired Vizsla - Often gets car sick
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Well I have a 5 month old Hungarian Wire Haired Vizsla pup, ever since we've had him he's been car sick on numerous occasions, he's getting better but is by no means perfect.
Does anyone have any hints or tips? - Currently he's travelling in the back of the girlfriend's 10 plate corsa behind a dog guard, so can just about see out of the back window if he wants to now.
A picture of him relaxing at home:
Does anyone have any hints or tips? - Currently he's travelling in the back of the girlfriend's 10 plate corsa behind a dog guard, so can just about see out of the back window if he wants to now.
A picture of him relaxing at home:
Sam our whippet gets travel sick, and I'm afraid there's no quick fix.
There are medications you can get from the vet, but these are pretty expensive from memory. You can also give human travel sickness tablets in a reduced dose (Selgian?) but we found Sam just vomited these up. Ginger biscuits are supposed to help, but Sam just started to associate those with car journeys and refused to eat them
If you really want to address it properly, you need to embark on a programme of short journeys (starting with really short journeys) to get him used to it, and gradually build up the time/distance. Even then, there are likely to be set-backs and it may never be fully cured. Sam has got better as he's got older, and we tend not to feed him if we know we're going to take him out.
We don't take the dogs out in the car very much so it's not a huge problem to us, but it is a shame (and a bit restrictive) so worth addressing if you can.
There are medications you can get from the vet, but these are pretty expensive from memory. You can also give human travel sickness tablets in a reduced dose (Selgian?) but we found Sam just vomited these up. Ginger biscuits are supposed to help, but Sam just started to associate those with car journeys and refused to eat them
If you really want to address it properly, you need to embark on a programme of short journeys (starting with really short journeys) to get him used to it, and gradually build up the time/distance. Even then, there are likely to be set-backs and it may never be fully cured. Sam has got better as he's got older, and we tend not to feed him if we know we're going to take him out.
We don't take the dogs out in the car very much so it's not a huge problem to us, but it is a shame (and a bit restrictive) so worth addressing if you can.
Most likely he will grow out of it. Our Bryn was bad as a youngster bit I had no choice as he came to work with me, he just outgrew it and is fine now.
Mabel not good either. We took her on at 8months and was terrible. However with ADAPTIL spray, ADAPTIL tablets and Johnsons traveleze tablets she improved a lot and now I am able to take her in the car without being sick every journey and only needing the aforementioned products on long journeys. She is 18 months old now.
Mabel not good either. We took her on at 8months and was terrible. However with ADAPTIL spray, ADAPTIL tablets and Johnsons traveleze tablets she improved a lot and now I am able to take her in the car without being sick every journey and only needing the aforementioned products on long journeys. She is 18 months old now.
Thanks for the tips, already trying to do frequent short trips, seems to be working, feeding him lights meals before travelling. With regards to the foot well he ends up trying to climb over the passenger and/or driver, at over 15kgs already he's quite strong and it's not really that appropriate any more.
Bumping this thread for help with our 5 month old cavapoo.
He was sick in the car on his first journey from the breeders and more or less every subsequent journey since.
We sometimes take him just 1.5 - 2m to a park to try to get him to recognise that the car journey can be the start to a fun experience but often he can chuck up and the journey is mostly dual carriageway at 30-40mph.
Last night, we took him to puppy training, again about 2.5miles away. We had some medication from the local pet food supplier to give him over the half hour before the journey and we got a seatbelt harness so that he can look out the window instead of being in his travel cage. Mrs Fastchas also sat in the back and interacted with him to try to keep his head up.
I missed the turn in, had to turn around and pull in to the venue's carpark, only for him to throw up as I applied the handbrake.
Any other tips?
He was sick in the car on his first journey from the breeders and more or less every subsequent journey since.
We sometimes take him just 1.5 - 2m to a park to try to get him to recognise that the car journey can be the start to a fun experience but often he can chuck up and the journey is mostly dual carriageway at 30-40mph.
Last night, we took him to puppy training, again about 2.5miles away. We had some medication from the local pet food supplier to give him over the half hour before the journey and we got a seatbelt harness so that he can look out the window instead of being in his travel cage. Mrs Fastchas also sat in the back and interacted with him to try to keep his head up.
I missed the turn in, had to turn around and pull in to the venue's carpark, only for him to throw up as I applied the handbrake.
Any other tips?
They will likely grow out of it.
Our two are polar opposites, even as pups.
One has never been car sick, the other pukes at the mere sight of a roundabout.
Empty stomach, smooth and slow driving (really smooth, especially through bends), lowering rear windows a bit all helped our car-sick pup.
We’ve gone from not being able to leave the village without vom, to now doing 2 hr journeys.
Hang in there.
Our two are polar opposites, even as pups.
One has never been car sick, the other pukes at the mere sight of a roundabout.
Empty stomach, smooth and slow driving (really smooth, especially through bends), lowering rear windows a bit all helped our car-sick pup.
We’ve gone from not being able to leave the village without vom, to now doing 2 hr journeys.
Hang in there.
Thought I'd chime in here rather than start a thread - for those claiming they will grow out of it, at what age did you see an improvement? Our collie is almost a year old now and can't make it the 10 miles to the vet without vomiting. I think I'm going to just try some really short journeys, but last time he literally didn't make it to the end of our lane before he was giving the warning signs of yawning/drooling.
If your collie can go 10 miles before being sick, I would try shorter journeys to build up to longer drives.
Maybe try a different spot in the car. Mine have always gone is the boot area of oir hatchbacks and estates with no bother, but it might be worth trying the footwell or the back seats.
Always reward when you arrive at your destination.
Good luck.
Maybe try a different spot in the car. Mine have always gone is the boot area of oir hatchbacks and estates with no bother, but it might be worth trying the footwell or the back seats.
Always reward when you arrive at your destination.
Good luck.
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