Sasha gets carsick after 30 minutes

AmberwayGSD · Sep 28, 2005

She is fine if she can have her nose out the window but with winter coming that wont be an option.I dont want to use Gravol everytime we go somewhere.Any ideas please help.

skyhigh · Sep 28, 2005

Umm... Well, with our pup we just increases the time slowly of car travveling. But this is different I think. Maybe give her a kong while you increase the time? Keep her mind off the road. It helps me to eat something while we're driving long distances so I dont get bored. Hope this helps

Renee750il · Sep 28, 2005

You might try giving her candied ginger, or turning up the heat in the car and opening the back window a couple of inches for her

AmberwayGSD · Sep 28, 2005

I thought ginger was bad for dogs.She is ok if its only 15 minutes but anything past that gets iffy.She wont play with toys in the car or eat treats either.Tried chicken breast even,to try and take her mind off it.Keep the advice coming everybody.

devinecanine · Sep 28, 2005

I wouldn't give her any food or water at all before a trip if she is throwing up. That's what you meant by car sick, right?
Ask your Vet about giving her Dramamine before a long car trip too. I guess that's about all you can do.

Jessie

AmberwayGSD · Sep 28, 2005

Yup thats what I mean.I try not to but if we just decide to go to the dogpark we dont know ahead of time to prevent her from eating or drinking.What is Dramamine.

Zoom · Sep 28, 2005

Dramamine is motion sickness preventative. I second Renee's advice about the heat/window. I love candied ginger...

Renee, you so often post in front of me the exact same thing I was going to say and then it looks like I'm just blithely agreeing with you!

necterine0 · Sep 28, 2005

We might start believing you are the same person...LOL..

.JK

The same thing happens to me to. But i usually see it before i post.

Renee750il · Sep 28, 2005

Just think . . . if there were TWO of us . . .

Sunnypup · Sep 29, 2005

Zoom said:

Zoom you're NOT?!

(I do...Renee,L4P and Smkie are my heros so I just go with what they say.

)

Oh, and I found that kind of confining Daisy to one spot in the car with a harness or her crate helps some.

AmberwayGSD · Sep 29, 2005

I would try a crate but with Gwens carseat a crate for a GSD wont fit in our little neon.Where can I buy candied Ginger.I love having her with me.So I want to get her over this.

MyDogsLoveMe · Sep 29, 2005

Nalla gets car sick also, we dont feed her a hr or so before we go and we give her benedryl to help calm her down. Works everytime with little side effects.

Renee750il · Sep 29, 2005

A lot of grocery stores have it now, especially if they've got an Oriental or gourmet section. I've even gotten it at WalMart in the non-refrigerated rows of the produce department, packaged in the little celophane bags. Sometimes a natural food store will have it as well.

AmberwayGSD · Sep 29, 2005

Thanks I will look for it.How much do I give her,she weighs 62lbs.

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