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| Pets & Animals For Sale pet travelling has 2 pages: 1 · 2pet travelling | Broderick posted on 06/11/2009 at 11:05
 e-mail Broderick | we are taking our dog on a long drive to the port of calais.he gets very stressed in the car.Would tranquilsers help him ? | nilo replied on 06/11/2009 at 11:33
e-mail nilo | | In the UK they have a sedative called 'ACP' very light, safe and would probably help. Tranquilisers are not a safe option as they often induce a very heavy sedation. I used ACP to help my dogs cope with Guy Faulkes night in the UK, it just relaxes them without knocking them off their feet!!!! Don't know if French vets have it or something similar??!! Good luck. |
| sanchaba replied on 06/11/2009 at 13:52
e-mail sanchaba | I would get advice from a vet first. Sedatives can lower the blood pressure (I've been told this is more of a risk in cats than in dogs but I wouldn't take a chance)
You can use Bach's Rescue Remedy with cats and dogs. My daughter uses it on her dog on Bonfire Night in the UK, and I gave it to all my animals before a long flight. A few drops on their tongue or in drinking water helps.
If you can , put the dog's bed in the car, with cosy bedding and they very often just get bored and go to sleep.
I do the France>UK return trip a couple of times a year with all my animals and I keep the back windows open just a few cms (to give them a flow of air but not allow escapees!) and the heater on--the combination usually sends them off to sleep after the first hour.
I load the car, drive to a local outside area, give the dogs a run for 15-20 minutes and then stop twice en route for toilet breaks. Neither dogs nor cats are at all interested in food or water on the journey, although I always offer water just in case.
Via the tunnel you can stay with your dog, of course. I always go on the ferry and even after the longer crossing of 4 hours, none of mine are ever distressed.
If you are unstessed by the journey, that helps the dogs as s/he doesn't pick up anything from you, and the radio playing or quiet talking might also help.
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| ella2 replied on 06/11/2009 at 14:11
e-mail ella2 | Broderick i would be interested in how you get on with your vet, we too have a dog that gets very stressed in a car. She will never get in voluntarily and starts salavitating once she is in, even before then engine is on. We took her on a 10hr journey but stopped and stayed in a hotel after 5hrs as she was so bad, the whole of her body was sodden with saliva and she had been sick many many times, we had given her travel sickness tablets that we bought from the vet which did not help at all. Once we reached our destination she was not well for 3 days. The return journey was the same.
We have to return to the UK in April with her and the whole family is dreading putting her through this. We too were going to ask the vet for something that would make her sleep even if this was just for some of the journey so please let me know how you get on.
J |
| Broderick replied on 06/11/2009 at 16:19
e-mail Broderick | Yes we spoke to our vet previously about this problem of travelling on a long /shot journey .It was suggested we try some sort of sedation well in advance of our planned long journey to see what the efffect would be.
As he is a rescue dog from the UK we are very reluctant to leave him with friends /kennel as he suffers a lot from seperation anxiety.We have tried various herbal remedies without success.We do travel with his comfy bed and blanket,have lots of toilet /drinks stops and short walks tranquil CD playing what more can I say!!Hopefully something will work eventually. |
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