How to cure your pukoku from car-sickness
Took mine for rides in a 21-year old pickup truck in need of new shocks as she rode in a crate in the bed (it had a canopy) . After a few trips on it she got accustomed to it. Well, after a while, we decided to try her out again in our camry with a car hammock. Not a single drop of drool. I guess car-sickness in Shikoku can be relative depending on the ride quality of the car:-)
Jesse
Jesse
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I HAVE heard that Benedryl & Cerenia works wonders at helping desensitize them to car-sickness tho! ~
Pukoku :-)
And car doesn't matter with Sachi, she would get sick regardless of the ride. Thank gosh Kuma doesn't . And that she is seemingly getting better (we used to have a 10 min max trip, now up to 20 min - whoot!).
What we've found is that she lasts longer in car rides if we put her in the car waaaay in advance of us leaving (like 15-30 min before the car actually starts moving). For example, as we got ready to leave for the in-laws, we put the dogs in the car (with the windows cracked open), and then started packing up all the other things we were going to bring. That left her with at least 20 minutes to get accustomed to sitting in the car without it moving. The usual rules apply regarding not feeding her that morning, but she fared very well. On the way back from the in-laws, we did the same thing. She just lay down and went to bed.
Hope this helps other pukoku owners.
Jesse
Jesse
We do try to keep the temperature moderate, not too hot or too cold, and we place him in the vehicle so that he can look out the window. So far so good. Seems that as long as he can see that he is moving, the feeling of moving doesn't cause him to get sick.
What's also weird is, dutchies get car sick easy too, & Wraith has never puked in the car either.
Maybe there's something soothing about a 97' CR-V & an 02' Lancer?! [ does this mean when I can one day afford my dream car BMW They'll puke all over it!?!?!? ] ~
ive also found that open windows help him out as well. i havent tried any meds yet.
Jesse
Arg's doing better with vehicles, but I wish he shared Kuma's ability to deal with vehicles. There was an interesting discussion on car sickness and anxiety on another thread. Argos isn't an anxious guy, with the exception of vehicles. As his anxiety has gone down, so has his sickness (illusory correlation?).
i just hope i didnt jinx anything by mentioning it now!
We definitely have a pukoku. Dramamine works well, and she's 50/50 without it - curvy longer rides generally result in a cleanup. Glad to know I'm not alone.
Jesse
but since recently he starts vomiting.. even three times in a single cardrive.. terrible!! i'm always glad to get out of the car. he doesn't seem to puke if he can sit up front in the car and look outside, but when he's in the back, he starts vomiting.. my shiba hasn't got any trouble with being carsick..