We went out on a trip with Zoey. The car ride was roughly 2 hours and a half long to get there.
Within 1/3 of the trip, she had puked 4 times already... and ate it back. I've suffered from motion sickness since I was little, so I feel for Zoey.
It's not really easy to describe motion sickness, but to me it's like this: spin around for at least 20 times, then try to stand straight. The general discomfort is what I feel when I have motion sickness. High temperature make it worse. Also if the car breaks a lot, it accentuates it as well.
We stopped and I gave 12 mg of gravol to Zoey. She slept most of the rest of the way there. We hit a gravel road and it woke her up and she threw up again.
On our way back home, I gave her 12 mg of gravol 10 minutes before leaving, and we avoided all gravel roads. She slept on and off the whole way, but wasn't standing and trying to fight gravity / centrifuge forces, which usually just triggers the nausea.
She was pretty much out of happies when we got home, but a few hours later she was jumping and happy as usual. While I understand the opinions of "omg giving meds is bad", well think about the following things;
* The dog can get dehydrated puking over and over again
* Usually when you get car sickness, it's unlikely that you'll puke just once, and the other vomits usually hurt your stomach and throat pretty bad
*The reason why you medicate is to make the dog comfortable. Vomitting is not a fun experience, and the last thing you want is that the dog gets traumatized in the car because he/she gets sick in there.
Within 1/3 of the trip, she had puked 4 times already... and ate it back. I've suffered from motion sickness since I was little, so I feel for Zoey.
It's not really easy to describe motion sickness, but to me it's like this: spin around for at least 20 times, then try to stand straight. The general discomfort is what I feel when I have motion sickness. High temperature make it worse. Also if the car breaks a lot, it accentuates it as well.
We stopped and I gave 12 mg of gravol to Zoey. She slept most of the rest of the way there. We hit a gravel road and it woke her up and she threw up again.
On our way back home, I gave her 12 mg of gravol 10 minutes before leaving, and we avoided all gravel roads. She slept on and off the whole way, but wasn't standing and trying to fight gravity / centrifuge forces, which usually just triggers the nausea.
She was pretty much out of happies when we got home, but a few hours later she was jumping and happy as usual. While I understand the opinions of "omg giving meds is bad", well think about the following things;
* The dog can get dehydrated puking over and over again
* Usually when you get car sickness, it's unlikely that you'll puke just once, and the other vomits usually hurt your stomach and throat pretty bad
*The reason why you medicate is to make the dog comfortable. Vomitting is not a fun experience, and the last thing you want is that the dog gets traumatized in the car because he/she gets sick in there.
