Road Trip

She should sleep a lot of the time so mostly when you stop for you she will need to go too. You could just stop like say every three hours weather you need to or not so you can allow her to go first and put her back then you can go. Do what works for you. Do not be alarmed if she does not eat full meals on a road trip sometimes they don't.Give her water every time you stop or at least present it to her. My dogs are usually very good on a road trip. When we took Esa up to NY to have her bred back in March it was 6 hours up and back. We had to take Vinny with us, Esa would be staying there but Vinny traveled back with us. Esa is never comfortable in a vehicle but Vinny laid on his bed(always use a crate for the safety of the dog but Vinny rode up on his bed,he hates crates,which is not a good excuse) and slept the whole way up except for gas stops etc. Esa just shifts in her crate,but sat the entire time going up ,would not relax and lay down once. Have a good trip.

The length between stops should be no longer than the dog normal goes now. if the dog need to go every hhour then sop every hour. Mine can last a tank a gas obut six-eight hours.


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Dogs/motion and or car sickness

The causes of motion is the same in dogs as humans in dogs prone if you can get them to lie down and cover up so they can not see out the sidewindow they rarely get six. If traveling in a van or wagon using a crate to keep the dog below windo height helps a lot along with covering the top of the crate if wire or open to prevent the dog looking out that way as well.

obviously food and water must be restricted while your traveling but I offer water every time i stop and food at regular meal times. There activity level is less on a long trip so you need to reduce meal sizes appropriate. but with aircondioning and heat the environem in the car tend to be dryier than the average house so they often require a bit more water than normal. Give the quality and taste of water varries a lot I try and take enough water in containers from how so I don;t have to worry about water quality issue or by expenseive bottled water for the dogs.

If the dog do not sleep in crates but on the bed bring an extra sheet to cover the hotel linen is always appreated a long with a tip for the cleaners that have a bit of extra work because of the dogs as well. Also need to pring the supplies required to clean-up affter your dog as well.

The last time we traveled home, which is 6 hours each way from us, we'd have to stop for Virga about every hour because she was a little puppy and couldn't hold it very long. Now I think she could make it further.

We don't feed ours before we get in the car because they both get carsick. So when we get to our final destination we feed them immediately and then another meal a couple of hours later so they still get the same amount of food they would normally get. As for water, we present it to them each time we stop. Doppler normally only takes a couple of laps if any at all. And Virga will drink her normal amount of water.

Virga will usually sleep the whole trip until we stop to pee. But Doppler sits up the whole time and refuses to relax. He hates traveling in the car. Now we have an SUV though and they'll be able to travel with plenty of space or in their crates. I think Doppler would feel more comfortable like that.

The biggest thing I think is to listen to your pup. She'll tell you when she needs to stop to pee or simply get out of the car. I go stir crazy in the car sometimes and can only imagine they do too. Good luck in your travels!