The car sickness thread inspired me to start this thread ... We are grateful that Shama doesn't get carsick as as we regularly travel three hours to see my parents and 90 minutes to see DH's parents. Our problem is barking.
If we travel somewhere overnight, we take Shama's wire crate which goes into her expen at our destination. In that case, she can sit in the wire crate facing forward from the middle of the back seat of our Subaru Forester.
If we're going somewhere locally or just for the day, we take my car, and she rides in her Petego Jet Set Pet Carrier which is secured to the back seat by the PetEgo ISOFIX Latch Car Connection. (We researched a long time before choosing this carrier and car connection to be safest in the case of a crash.) In this setup, she can't see, she has to lie sideways to the motion of the car, and she barks a lot more.
Does anyone have any thoughts on helping her calm down and bark less? Lavender essential oil in the car hasn't helped much, and Safety Zone Natural Herbal Calming Spray hasn't helped much. I suppose maybe we should try our recently discovered best chew, beef achilles tendons, in the car ...
Sorry! Something went wrong!
Sorry! Something went wrong!
https://www.greatdogco.com/collecti...illes-tendons-5-count-bag-sourced-made-in-usa
Thanks!
PS One could argue we should put Shama in the safest carrier we have when we go on longer road trips, but there's only so much room in the car when we're taking the expen. I figure she's definitely safer in her wedged-in crate than she would be completely loose. (I am always surprised to see small dogs loose on their owners' laps when their owners are driving a car. A driver could suddenly need to slam on the brakes for any number of reasons. What happens to that little dog in that case?)
If we travel somewhere overnight, we take Shama's wire crate which goes into her expen at our destination. In that case, she can sit in the wire crate facing forward from the middle of the back seat of our Subaru Forester.
If we're going somewhere locally or just for the day, we take my car, and she rides in her Petego Jet Set Pet Carrier which is secured to the back seat by the PetEgo ISOFIX Latch Car Connection. (We researched a long time before choosing this carrier and car connection to be safest in the case of a crash.) In this setup, she can't see, she has to lie sideways to the motion of the car, and she barks a lot more.
Does anyone have any thoughts on helping her calm down and bark less? Lavender essential oil in the car hasn't helped much, and Safety Zone Natural Herbal Calming Spray hasn't helped much. I suppose maybe we should try our recently discovered best chew, beef achilles tendons, in the car ...
Sorry! Something went wrong!
Sorry! Something went wrong!
https://www.greatdogco.com/collecti...illes-tendons-5-count-bag-sourced-made-in-usa
Thanks!
PS One could argue we should put Shama in the safest carrier we have when we go on longer road trips, but there's only so much room in the car when we're taking the expen. I figure she's definitely safer in her wedged-in crate than she would be completely loose. (I am always surprised to see small dogs loose on their owners' laps when their owners are driving a car. A driver could suddenly need to slam on the brakes for any number of reasons. What happens to that little dog in that case?)