I have NO MEDICAL background. If your question pertains to a physical concern about your dog -- that is, you think your dog may be sick, whelping problems, trouble breathing, vomiting, diarrhea, excessive urination, excessive drinking, heavy drooling, unexplained physical symptoms of ANY kind, etc -- YOU NEED TO GET OFF THE COMPUTER AND CALL YOUR VET IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT WASTE TIME WAITING FOR AN EMAIL RESPONSE!!! Your dog could be having a medical crisis!
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Question QUESTION: Hi, we have a female two year old Border Collie. We got her as a 4 month old dog, and she had never been in the car before. Well, she threw up the whole way home! And has thrown up in the car ever since!!! We have tried tried to get her used to the car by playing in it when it's not running, and taking short FUN trips (definitely not to the vet!). But it hasn't seemed to help. Anytime we go past the 10 mile point, she starts to throw up. She has only made a few long trips the whole way, because it was dark out and she could sleep. Other than that... we have a big mess on our hands!!! HELP!!! Thank you so much and God bless! ~Sarah
ANSWER: I think there are medications you can give dogs for car-sickness. I don't know if they are the same as what people take. I would check with your vet.
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QUESTION: Hi Chris! Thanks so much for giving me an answer, but I don't
want to use medications. I want to hear from your (or someone
you helped) personal experiences how you can get a dog over
car-sickness without meds. Thanks so much! ~Sarah
Answer The only suggestion I can give is is to try "desensitizing" her to cars, but desensitizing is generally for "fear" not physical illness.
Some people cannot ride on roller coasters, because they get sick from motion sickness NOT because they are fearful. Some dogs get motion sickness as well, but it isn't rooted in fear. Medication works on physical illness, desensitization works on fear.
