Sooo we drove the RV to Florida over the course of 2 days... Think we prob did about 7-8 hours of driving each day.
Jackson was a NERVOUS WRECK nearly the entire time. He's fine in a car for long distances, he's fine in the RV when it's not moving, and actually he's been fine in the RV for short trips (2-3 hour drives) in the past, he would always take 30 mins to calm down and then be ok, but this trip he was miserable... panting obsessively, pacing, wouldn't sit still, shaking... just horrible. It wasn't until the last hour he finally gave in and laid down on my lap.
I tried the back bedroom and closed the door thinking he would lay on the bed. I think it was worse. Tried leashing him with me on the couch so he couldn't move. He would only ever lay still for about 5 mins at a time usually.
I think it was the noise more than anything, we were going fairly fast all the way down 95 and the bumps were terrible for 50% of the drive so every little bump we went over seems much bigger in the RV plus it's just loud in the RV. So I think more than anything it was the bumps causing the stress. He would finally lay down and be calm on smoother roads and then the minute we went over a bridge or anything loud... he would panic again.
I ordered Rescue Remedy and these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AT9B8M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 to ship to our FL address for the ride home next Monday, but no idea if they'll actually help. I heard good things about RR.
Was going to maybe purchase a car seat at the local petsmart or walmart if they have them, he does like his car seat a lot but I didn't bring it due to lack of space. He can't be confined to a crate or anything, makes it 10x worse.
He's having a blast while we're here and is not stressed at all but I'm worried about suffering him through the long ride home again.
Jackson was a NERVOUS WRECK nearly the entire time. He's fine in a car for long distances, he's fine in the RV when it's not moving, and actually he's been fine in the RV for short trips (2-3 hour drives) in the past, he would always take 30 mins to calm down and then be ok, but this trip he was miserable... panting obsessively, pacing, wouldn't sit still, shaking... just horrible. It wasn't until the last hour he finally gave in and laid down on my lap.
I tried the back bedroom and closed the door thinking he would lay on the bed. I think it was worse. Tried leashing him with me on the couch so he couldn't move. He would only ever lay still for about 5 mins at a time usually.
I think it was the noise more than anything, we were going fairly fast all the way down 95 and the bumps were terrible for 50% of the drive so every little bump we went over seems much bigger in the RV plus it's just loud in the RV. So I think more than anything it was the bumps causing the stress. He would finally lay down and be calm on smoother roads and then the minute we went over a bridge or anything loud... he would panic again.
I ordered Rescue Remedy and these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AT9B8M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 to ship to our FL address for the ride home next Monday, but no idea if they'll actually help. I heard good things about RR.
Was going to maybe purchase a car seat at the local petsmart or walmart if they have them, he does like his car seat a lot but I didn't bring it due to lack of space. He can't be confined to a crate or anything, makes it 10x worse.
He's having a blast while we're here and is not stressed at all but I'm worried about suffering him through the long ride home again.