Ginger cookies for nausea/car sickness

NEVER, EVER loose!!!! Deacon sits in a car seat in a harness, strapped to the seat belt behind him. He does NOT fair well in a crate in a car. I do have a water proof pad underneath him just in case he vomits - Brodie taught me well! That way the car seat is protected adn I only have to remove the pad, exchange it with another.

Mom of 3 kids here... never without first aide kits, paper towels, wipes, garbage bags - when the kids were young, even had spare panties and socks in the car, just in case...

 

This always shocks me. When we got our first doxie, the breeder told us to contain him in the car - that in an accident his body will be like it's shot out of a cannon; maiming or killing him but also maiming or potentially killing a passenger. I honestly never thought of it that way, but we strap our kids in, then idiotically plop a dog in the car with no thought of what happens to them or where their bodies go in a crash. Our trainer preaches, preaches, preaches it, folks nod their heads in agreement and walk out and plop their dogs in the car.

I am not a fan of having them in the back either although I know many trainers, show people transport their dogs in the back. When my kids were young, I drove a mini-van (I hated it, btw, just because it was a mini-van) and saw one rear-ended by a tractor trailer on the Newburgh Beacon Bridge. That following week I was on the prowl to get rid of the mini-van. Where two of my kids sat was in the back seat that was crushed by the truck in the one I saw. I ended up with a Yukon XL, tons of space to spilt the kids up, doxies went behind me in a car seat, lots of room behind that last row. I now drive a regular length Yukon since I mostly just drive myself, hubby and the dogs around. I would no more want my dogs squished in the back in an accident than I wanted my kids squished.