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Cocker Specific Discussion => Puppies => Topic started by: bobby on September 14, 2002, 12:26:12 PM
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Hi all,
Bailey has been in the car 4 times now and each time he has been sick, when i picked him up he was sick 3 times on the way home, and once on the back from the vets.
This troubles me as we travel to the beach, beach fishing with my other dog Tia and also travel about 5 miles to the woods to have a good long walk.
I'd like to take him to these places when he's older and had his jabs but dont want to hurt him or make him scared of the car :'(.
Has anyone else had a sicky puppy and do they grow out of it?
What did you do, use to stop them?????
Claire
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Poor Bailey :'( Most puppies will grow out of it but there are things that you can try and see if it will help. You can withold food for a while before travelling and see if that helps. If he is doing it because he is scared, then you can start by feeding him in the car while it is stationary. Then you can progress to sitting in the car with him while the engine is running. Then if all is okay you can progress to just driving around the block and then gradually build up the distance. You could also place him in a crate while travelling with a favourite toy to help him feel more secure. There are also travel sickness tablets from pet shops but I have never needed to use them so don't know how effective they are. You could also perhaps try some homeopathic or herbal treatments. Vegas was sick only once while travelling but I think I took him too far too soon after eating. There have been a number of occasions when he has looked a bit green around the gills but he has been fine ;D
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Poor Bailey :(
I've never tried it, but I've heard that a ginger biscuit before travelling can help.
Fiona
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I sympathise with you & Bailey - we have just gone through the same problem with our Ruby, now 7 months old. I'm afraid ginger biccies & herbal cures had no effect on her - the only way we have got her over her sickness is lots & lots of car journeys, short ones to begin with & then longer ones. Withholding food before car journeys has definitely helped & I have also given her 1/2 a SeaLegs tablet before longer journeys. She is now more or less over the sickness stage & hasn't been sick once on the last 2 longer journeys so I think we have cracked it :)
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Hi Claire,
I had this problem with Neneh (Otis's 8) mum) when she was a puppy. She would quiver and drool all the time she was in the car. It didn't seem to matter how long or short the journey was. I tried giving her a ginger biscuit (in the house before we left, so no association) but she didn't like it. Then someone suggested I tried giving her a herbal remedy called Travella which you get can from most chemists and health food shops. They worked a treat, and she now travels without being sick or even drooling. I wouldn't say the car is her favourite place to be, but she tolerates it knowing that the journey is usually to somewhere worthwhile! Otis 8) on the other hand absolutely loves the car, but then he's been out in it since he was 5 weeks old. He's out by the gate like a shot if there's any chance of him coming too. ;D
Good luck it will get better with time.
Michele
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Cooper is also travel sick, we have found that if he cannot see out of the car when traveling he is a lot better.
If you have a crate then try covering it with something and see how that goes.
Cooper used to travel with his seatbelt on and a blanket over him and he was much happier :) he did look a bit silly though! ;D
Now he is a lot better but still drools on longer journeys although he has not actually been sick for a while.
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My Tasha is very very car sick. Dribbling and salivating. It has been alot worse when she sat in the back. I will try the herbal treatment mentioned and hope that helps her. Chester loves the car and sleeps on the floor listening to the cd. Not too loud of course!
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Thankfully I've never had any problems with Brio travelling - she's just not phased at all.
But I was told that parti-coloured cockers (esp. blue roans) were much less prone to travel sickness - any thoughts? ::)
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We've only ever had Blue Roan and neither of them have ever been travel sick at all. Could be something in that Logan!
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But I was told that parti-coloured cockers (esp. blue roans) were much less prone to travel sickness - any thoughts? ::)
From my own experience, I think travel sickness can be a family trait to some extent - not necessarily related to colour though. We have one line where we have never had any problems with travel sickness & another line where it does crop up from time to time. Ruby descends from this line & she has taken a while to get over her travel sickness -don't think it's anything to do with her colour though(orange & white) as her great grandmother was the same (blue roan)
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Hi Jane,
Your suggestion does sound much more feasible! I tend to be a bit gullible ::), remember the 'dogs won't dirty where they eat' suggestion several posts ago - I'd read it in an American training book (name escapes me) but you were absolutely right - utter balderdash! ;D
Never mind - we live and learn ;)
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Hi All,
so they hopefully grow out of it when they get to 6-12 mts?
I've tried not feeding until we get back, having a walk 4-5 hrs after a feed and feeding him in the car but still he's sick. He sick as I'm parking the car up :'(
Its hard as puppy class is the other side of town about 10 mins drive away, He seems to go to No2's before and after being in the car.
God i really hope that he grows out of it as we go walking for hrs, go to wale's, cornwall on holiday and often go beach fishing and dont like the idea of him missing out as i know he'd enjoy it when we got there :'(
Maybe I should just keep driving him around and just walk around the block????
Thanks for listening to a depressed Claire
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I tried giving her a herbal remedy called Travella which you get can from most chemists and health food shops. They worked a treat, and she now travels without being sick or even drooling.
Hi Claire,
Have you tried giving Bailey anything to help combat the sickness?
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Hi michelle,
I've looked into Travella but i think its for long distances and I've brought some ginger buiscits but not sure weither i should give them to him or how much!
Claire
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I agree that Travella would be more likely used on longer journeys, but if you plan a time to take him in the car even for a short journey (like puppy training classes) why not try them then. At least that way it will give you an indicator as to whether they are going to work or not.
If they do work Bailey will feel better and you know that you can use them again on a longer journey.
If they don't work they you can look for something else
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Thanks Michele (sorry for spelling your Name wrong for so long :-[)
I'll get Travella later and give him as it is instructed on the packet and try a short ride.
Do you think that the dose for a child will be ok?
Claire
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Thanks Michele (sorry for spelling your Name wrong for so long :-[)
I'll get Travella later and give him as it is instructed on the packet and try a short ride.
Do you think that the dose for a child will be ok?
Claire
Hi Claire, sorry should have said, yes the child dose is what you should give :D
Don't worry about spelling my name wrong, I've got so used to it now, but it is nice when someone gets it right ;D
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Hi Michele,
Right I have the travella but there is only onr dose and its two tablets every hour for two hours before journey so do i half the dose??
Claire
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Hi All
Baileys 8 months old know and yes he's grown out of car sickness.
He tells us when he's needing a walk and even sings till we get to the woods.
What i found was helpful was to put news paper under him and a thick towel over he's head that made him fall a sleep.
Also i think it has something to do with the size of the car as i have a fiesta and my husband has a big 4x4, that high off the ground.
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He tells us when he's needing a walk and even sings till we get to the woods.
Brilliant ;D Amber sings when we get near to her favourite places too ;D
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Hi
This thread is really interesting as we have never had this problem until we got our springer a few months ago (i breed and show cockers) he is now 7 months old and is always travel sick, we solved the problem for weeks by using Stugeron Travel Sickness Tablets for Humans. Then one day they seemed to stop working. We do not feed him at all before a journey and he is usually sick when the car stops or we come off the motorway! When he is not fed he still drools all the way there and still tries to be sick. Going to try the Travella, and also lots more car jorneys and hope he grows out of it. Anyone any idea how long this could take? ???
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Hi Louise, I guess thats like asking "how long is a piece of string" :- I think its down to the individual and also how often you take them out (I would be inclined to think frequent short journeys would work the best.)
With Neneh I found the Travella stopped the drooling and sickness straight away, it just took time for her to get used to the car. She still is reluctant to get in the car by herself but there's no way now that she'd let me leave her behind and miss out on wherever we're going ;D
Good luck with your Springer :D
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But I was told that parti-coloured cockers (esp. blue roans) were much less prone to travel sickness - any thoughts? ::)
Monty is a great traveller...he loves the car! he's a blue roan!
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My dad had this problem with a springer and he solved it! Basicly he fed the dog in the back of the car for a month! He then started to take the dog for a short drive - a couple of yards to start with before giving the feed in the back. He gradually increaced the distance and the dog was never sick in the car again! Success.
I dont know if this will work on other dogs!
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Hi,
According to my herbal book animals prone to travel sickness should be fasted for at least 12 hrs before long journeys. At the time of the travel they should be given balls of thick honey, into which a little powdered ginger has been mixed, pressed down their throats; honey will settle the stomach nerves; or yet a better remedy is to mix tree-barks' flour and powdered ginger into the honey, one small teaspoon of flour and a pinch of ginger to one heaped tablespoon thick honey. Dogs travel best on car floors rather than seats if they are bad travellers.