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**Stinky!**

Our road trip out west will take us six days. We'll have Toby with us. What would you do to make the trip comfortable for him? He'll be in his crate a lot, but I'm concerned he might develop car sickness or anxiety or something. Would you get some doggy downers?

The longest trip we've ever taken with him was to my parents and that's only 1.5 hours away. This should be interesting. 

*Candi*

I would get some just in case. You don't want to be stuck with a pukey dog in the middle of nowhere.

This brings back horrible memories of us driving my step sisters dog from NC to MO. Ugh. She had no room so she was all up in my sht the whole time- laying on me etc. Not fun.

**O-Face**

I'm with Candi.  Though you may not need them, it's better to leave that option open.  Poor dog.

Mrs.Thistletwat

When I moved east I had my shelty with me. He wasn't crated, we had him seat belted in the back seat. He seemed to do well with that. We also stopped frequently so he could pee and walk around. He enjoyed peeing at the Cadillac Ranch in Tx.

 So my advice is lots of stopping, make sure you have food and water for him at each stop (we had a portable food and water dish. It was great), and maybe look into a seatbelt harness for him.

jojobrn

We've done trips out to Vegas with our dogs several times, the longest they were in the car for one was about 8 hours dirve time with traffic and what not. We've never sedated them, they stay crated and actually do really well with good potty breaks and the promise of cheese and salami when we get to my in-laws.

Just a quick 15-20 minute walk when we refuel, have to hit a rest stop, etc. seems to help, and the corgi's are damn energetic dogs.

alikatt17

Our cats have done pretty well crated for 5 hours in car rides.  When we moved from OH to IL, we had three cats and the dog all drugged.  The dog just sat in my lap, slept, and farted the whole 6 hours.  I'd definitely get them just in case. 

**Stinky!**

Toby doesn't like to sit still in the car (unless he's in his crate, then he's sleeping 80% of the time). Do doggy seatbelts work well for dogs that are constantly wanting to move around?

Mrs.Thistletwat

Our shelty was really active. it's a harness so we just put the car seat belt through the back loop. It restricts moving around but leaves enough give that the dog can get comfortable either sitting or laying down. Toby loved it. He got to look out the windows and take a nap with no problems.

hugitout

We just finished a cross country holiday trip with the dogs.  The puppy went in his crate, and he was a trooper.  By hour 7.5 though he got restless.

 He has a history of carsickness, so we made sure to feed him at least two hours before we left.  Then we could give him little snacks through the day.  We always stopped in time for him to have his dinner on schedule.  We walked him at every stop, made sure he had plenty of water, and generally talked to him and made sure he knew we were there.  We didn't get doggy downers, but we did bring some Benadryl just in case.  Our vet told us that half a pill would be fine for a dog his size.

nicoleg1982

Just strap him to the roof of the car.  No worries.

pegasuskat

That reminds me of the vacation movie where he forgets the leash on the bumper!

**Stinky!**

And kills the dog? Yeah, that's really funny...

/sarcasm 

MinM

Iggy used to freak out in the crate in the car, so when we went to LA we doped him up. Made life easier on everyone.

pegasuskat

We have taken our poodle to Mi 3 times, and he does good in the crate. DD will get him out some and let him lay in her lap, but hr actually seems calm in the crate and we have never drugged him. Thats just 1 day each way though, 6 is a long time.

Wifezzilla

scrappy came from Arkansas to NY on a bus - he was crated, they made several stops to walk the pups, and took a good 3 days to get to us. he seemed better than i thought a dog would after a strange trip like that. so crating him isn't a big deal, especially if he'll sleep the entire time (like Scrappy).

stop for many walks, of course, and it is a good idea to have some medication on hand in case he does get pukey. also add to the list, wetnaps, a moist washcloth in a plastic baggie (for easy puke cleanup), and a towel. he'll be fine. they have no idea the difference between one or 6 or 28 days anyway.

GBCK

If you do the drugs,make SURE yout est themfirst.

Because finding out,on the raod,that the drugmakes your dog hyperactive/crazy/vomit/kersplode out his azz is NOT the way to do it.

 

So test them@ homefirst.