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amc1:
Any tips on the best ways to deal with the following ailments would be greatly appreciated :-
1. car sickness - even on short journeys (6 month old cocker)
2. inflamed lip folds (a senior cocker)
Thanks in anticipation, Andy
LindaW:
:) Many pups are sick in the car but most of them outgrow this problem by the time they are 12 months old. There are 2 main reasons for a dog being a poor traveller - fear and excitement. Your vet should be able to prescribe some medication for this.
Linda ;)
Sweepdog:
Inflamed lip folds are my life!!! :(
Sweep has had them for what seems like forever now. I clean them daily with hibiscrub and then every week apply a cream called fuciderm. When life gets smelly (As it does) we have to get Synulox tablets from the vet. (Which he is on again at the moment) Thes are great and clear up the smell a treat. However it does come back.
Sweep is 11 1/2 but i am seriously considering have them cut and stitched as the problem is reoccuring so often. Apparently there is no guarentee that surgery will work, but I have read previously on this site of people with success stories.
How long has your cocker been suffering? And how severe are they?
Jane S:
We've discussed car sickness a few times in the past but I can't seem to find the threads sorry. Anyway, some of the remedies suggested in the past have been ginger biscuits (fed before a journey), homeopathic remedies available from health food shop & human travel sickness tablets like Sea Legs or Stugeron (I personally have had great success giving a children's dosage of Sea Legs to car sick pups)
HTH
Jane
Silver Surfer (indiesnan):
Another tip, is try and stop him looking out of the
window, as movement of cars going past might
trigger it off, it sometimes works with kids so why not
dogs. ;)
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