Jan. 22, 2021

Puppy Car Sickness and Anxiety

Puppy Car Sickness and Anxiety

I recently did a podcast that talks about puppy car sickness and anxiety. My Mini Aussie, Dixie, used to suffer from severe car anxiety, which made her drool the entire car ride and throw up once she got home.  Now she enjoys riding in the car.

Here are the 4 steps that I used to help her overcome her car sickness and anxiety.:

  1. I use a car booster seat
  2. Played soft music
  3. Opened windows and sunroof
  4. Used a very small dose of Trazodone

Here are 3 things that you can do to help eliminate anxious puppy behavior in the car:

 

  1. Don't reinforce anxious behavior with a lot of vocalizing
  2. Don't allow puppy to have zoomies in the car
  3. Don't take puppy for rides until they like the car

To listen to the entire podcast herehttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1600552/7339213

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Dale Buchanan

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My name is Dale and I am the CEO and Founder of Top Gun Dog Training. In 2008, while living in Alabama, I rescued this amazing 3 month old Lab Husky Mix named Spaulding. After working with many top dog trainers in the area and using the tools learned to train Spaulding, I finally created my own dog training company. I specialize in training puppies starting at 10 weeks old.

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