How to Use Havanese Training To Help Your Car-Sick Dog

 

For Havanese dog owners that are constantly on the move, an easily car sick dog is one more pressing issue that demands time and effort. It gets even more frustrating knowing that it is a condition that is not so prevalent anyway. Wouldn’t it be great to have a Havanese training dog that, upon hearing the jangle of car keys, is rough and ready, waiting by the front door, for a car ride?

Unfortunately, most dog owners are far from living this rosy picture. Most of the time, a car ride with the dog prone to feeling ill means stopping a few times to clean up poo in the crate (if nothing worse happens), or to open up windows, or avoid certain types of roads to avoid stressing the dog.

But if there is a will, there is a way of course! Any of the following are bound to keep coming up in any discussions of how to resolve canine car sickness:

1. Some owners make sure about exercising their dogs before the car ride starting from the puppyhood of the dogs. Another common alternative is to give the dog a good walk. The effect of this is that the dog goes to sleep in the crate. Overtime, a dog accustomed to this routine will simply go to sleep during the trip, with or without the walk or romp.

2. If you are looking for effective drugs that can help your dog out of the rut, then your veterinarian is likely to recommend meclazine or Bonine. Consult first with your vet before dropping by the drugstore.

In the case of the latter, the ideal dosage is half of a 25 mg tablet before travel in the case of a dog weighing 9.5 pounds.

3. Another possible recommendation would be half of a Dramamine pill in the case of a ten-pound dog for motion sickness. The pill needs to be given 30 to 40 minutes prior to the trip.

When all anti-car sickness tips are ticked off, said and done, perhaps the idea still is to keep the dog well-exercised before the trip and given some treats of a prudent amount. And oh, with or without Havanese training, don’t forget to keep that car window open.

 

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