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Hi All, Have a bitch who keeps suffering Car Sickness which is driving me and my trainer crazy because she has ability and does everything right. Does anyone have any ideas to help my girl and does not swab?
Cheers, Troy
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 04 Jul 2007 01:57
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Hi Troy, Can she travel in a trailer instead of a car? Is she being given any drink at all before she goes in the car?
Andrew Lee Australia (Verified User) Posts 99 Dogs 33 / Races 261 04 Jul 2007 02:45
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We had one the same. Travelled OK in a trailer and was better in a car if the windows were covered.
Carole, It offects her either way whether in the car or in the trailer, Unsure whether she is given anything before travelling but wouldnt think so.
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 04 Jul 2007 04:48
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Troy, I didn't mean a drink just before travelling. I meant up to 4 hours or so beforehand. See if you can find out, especially if it is a particular electrolyte drink, as if so, this may be causing the problem. It does with some. Carole
André Maritz South Africa (Verified User) Posts 10388 Dogs 137 / Races 363 04 Jul 2007 05:26
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Strange! Greyhounds seldom get car sick. Now, here is a solution, but please, no laughing. This is a very old thing that people use over here to help with car sickness in humans and it may be worth a try for the pooch. The idea is that the build up in static electricity in the body of the car is what causes car sickness. What you do is attach a short piece of chain to the tow bar. It must be long enough to touch the ground when going through bumps. Every time it touches it will discharge all the electricity from the car. Sounds ridiculous, but I know it worked for my sister.
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 04 Jul 2007 06:26
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Andre, Not so silly. They use lengths of rubber here for the same thing. I don't know if it would help the bitch, but is worth a try. Best wishes, Carole.
Hi Troy, Older recipe than me this one!! I use either fresh dandelion leaves or dandelion tablets from the health food shop, they are administered daily either in the meal or orally - this seems to cure travel sickness in both me and the dog. Hope it helps Ruth
Francesca de Stefani United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 320 Dogs 70 / Races 0 04 Jul 2007 08:01
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Troy, when I first got him my greyhound was a NIGHTMARE in the car. He would throw up immediately, even if there was nothing to throw up he would still manage to puke green foam. I guess it was nerves. So at first I started to drive him just around the block, but it was still too much! (LOL!!!) So I decided to put him in the car and read the newspaper or a book without going anywhere (20-30 mins), and when the reading session was over I would give him a treat and praise him for being so good. After a week of doing this, I would put him in the car and drive down the road whenever we were going for a walk, even if there was no need to drive, so he would associate going into the car with something positive. It took some time and patience but it worked, now he is very good, and for Easter we even drove all the way down to Italy, no problem at all. I hope this may help. Francesca
Dick Ciampa USA (Team Member) Posts 798 Dogs 15458 / Races 3395 04 Jul 2007 12:01
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Hi Troy,
This sometimes works depending on how severe the car sickness is.Try giving her a couple of ginger snap cookies 1/2 hour before going in the car. Ginger capsules or anything with ginger will also work.
Ginger naturally settles an upset stomach. The same idea as a person drinking warm ginger ale for their upset stomach.
Hope it works on your girl.
Dick
Susan Breininger USA (Verified User) Posts 2752 Dogs 0 / Races 0 04 Jul 2007 18:54
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Right, Dick - I was going to suggest ginger but didn't know what form to give to a hound. The tour boats here keep ginger capsules available for passengers who get queezy!
Carole, My girl is given nothing prior to travelling in the car/trailer. Cheers, Troy
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 05 Jul 2007 18:40
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Hi Troy, I have a vague idea that we had one years ago with the same problem and I think we used junket tablets for it, but I am not entirely sure. I will have to ask Graham about it, and he's not awake yet, so I will get back to you later. The bit of rubber trailing from the back of the car to the road surface really does work, as I used to get horribly car sick when I was a child and it fixed my problem. Talk soon, Carole.
I went Racing with a friend of mine once and his daughter used to sit on a pile of Newspapers ! She told me it was because she used to get travel sick and by sitting on them it stopped it ! I thought it was to soak up the vomit ! But she swore blind it helped her ? Wonder would it work for dogs ? Handy though for cleaning up the mess !
Carole, I was also told by my mother to try Junket, Funny i thought she was losing her mind and was organising a nursing home for her(lol) Thanks Carole that would be great. Cheers
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 06 Jul 2007 02:11
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Troy, I asked Graham and he said that we did have one like that and we definitely did use plain Junket tablets, the Rennet ones. He said that it worked well, the only problem is that he can't remember how many we gave or how long before the car trip. If you want to give it a try, you may have to just experiment a little. Tell your Mum she is safe for a while yet !!!! Good luck and best wishes, Carole.
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