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LOVES to ride in car--long distance stress panting
Our 4-yr old Golden Retriever absolutely loves to ride in the car. It's out
the front door and a bee-line to the car. We have taken her on several road trips. The longest drive she (and ourselves) have endured is 13 hours. She always has access to fresh water in the car and drinks plenty while on the road. We make frequent stops at rest areas for potty time and a short walk. She has both middle seats of our Honda Odyssey to herself and spends 95% of the time sitting, looking out the side windows, the other 5% "half sitting" with her rear on the seat and standing on the floor. She pants virtually the entire time. The panting stops within 15 - 30 minutes of either being out of the car, or if she is left in the car while we are in a restaurant (for example). On the last trip we gave her 25mg of Acepromazine which "takes her down a notch", but I don't like giving her drugs. Questions: Is all the panting doing any damage to her health? Should we skip the doggy drug and just live with the panting on long (all day in the car) trips? Thanks in advance Russ Young (Seattle WA heading to Visalia CA next week with the wife and dog) |
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Some dogs just pant when they get in the car. Sometimes redirecting the
airflow towards them helps, sometimes not. If the dog likes the car, there is no need to drug her. "g" wrote in message ... Our 4-yr old Golden Retriever absolutely loves to ride in the car. It's out the front door and a bee-line to the car. We have taken her on several road trips. The longest drive she (and ourselves) have endured is 13 hours. She always has access to fresh water in the car and drinks plenty while on the road. We make frequent stops at rest areas for potty time and a short walk. She has both middle seats of our Honda Odyssey to herself and spends 95% of the time sitting, looking out the side windows, the other 5% "half sitting" with her rear on the seat and standing on the floor. She pants virtually the entire time. The panting stops within 15 - 30 minutes of either being out of the car, or if she is left in the car while we are in a restaurant (for example). On the last trip we gave her 25mg of Acepromazine which "takes her down a notch", but I don't like giving her drugs. Questions: Is all the panting doing any damage to her health? Should we skip the doggy drug and just live with the panting on long (all day in the car) trips? Thanks in advance Russ Young (Seattle WA heading to Visalia CA next week with the wife and dog) |
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Some dogs just pant when they get in the car. Sometimes redirecting the
airflow towards them helps, sometimes not. If the dog likes the car, there is no need to drug her. "g" wrote in message ... Our 4-yr old Golden Retriever absolutely loves to ride in the car. It's out the front door and a bee-line to the car. We have taken her on several road trips. The longest drive she (and ourselves) have endured is 13 hours. She always has access to fresh water in the car and drinks plenty while on the road. We make frequent stops at rest areas for potty time and a short walk. She has both middle seats of our Honda Odyssey to herself and spends 95% of the time sitting, looking out the side windows, the other 5% "half sitting" with her rear on the seat and standing on the floor. She pants virtually the entire time. The panting stops within 15 - 30 minutes of either being out of the car, or if she is left in the car while we are in a restaurant (for example). On the last trip we gave her 25mg of Acepromazine which "takes her down a notch", but I don't like giving her drugs. Questions: Is all the panting doing any damage to her health? Should we skip the doggy drug and just live with the panting on long (all day in the car) trips? Thanks in advance Russ Young (Seattle WA heading to Visalia CA next week with the wife and dog) |
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