Pup, Aberdeen to London
Discussion
I live in Aberdeen and picked up my puppy from Borehamwood, North London. We had him in a crate on the backseat beside my missus the whole way home. Gave him a couple of toys and a comfy bed inside the crate but he did sleep pretty much the whole way.
We stopped to feed him in the boot of the car as he was not vaccined at this point so we weren't going to put him on the ground. We also stopped quite regularly to either fuel up/air the car if he pooped!
I think we are fortunate as he doesn't get travel sickness and even now at 7 months, still associates the car with sleeping!
Make sure you have absorbent puppy pads as they have small bladders!
We stopped to feed him in the boot of the car as he was not vaccined at this point so we weren't going to put him on the ground. We also stopped quite regularly to either fuel up/air the car if he pooped!
I think we are fortunate as he doesn't get travel sickness and even now at 7 months, still associates the car with sleeping!
Make sure you have absorbent puppy pads as they have small bladders!
simoid said:
But I do think you're a bit mental for driving the length of the UK with a ticking timebomb of a bladder on board
And Clarkson says Jaaaag on a very popular modern motor show
So Clarkson says Jaaaag does he? Is he now the cultural arbiter of a generation? I suppose he bloody is.
Barry, f'like min?
I think it would be good to have the wee one in a crate secured on the back seat. I reckon that would be a more relaxing environment and best for sleeping quietly.
It's also a good idea in case the unthinkable should happen - a canine projectile inside a car isn't good.
I'd also make sure that the wee one knows there's a friendly human close by all the time. First big experience away from the security of the litter - being inside a car for eight hours might be scary.
I'm guessing you'll be doing the trip down in a oner. No point, I suppose, in planning too much for frequency of pee / sniff stops - just play it by ear.
Will the pup have been in a car before? It would be a bummer to get to Stoney and realise you had a case of chronic car sickness with you.
Have a good trip loon.
Cheers,
Eric
I think it would be good to have the wee one in a crate secured on the back seat. I reckon that would be a more relaxing environment and best for sleeping quietly.
It's also a good idea in case the unthinkable should happen - a canine projectile inside a car isn't good.
I'd also make sure that the wee one knows there's a friendly human close by all the time. First big experience away from the security of the litter - being inside a car for eight hours might be scary.
I'm guessing you'll be doing the trip down in a oner. No point, I suppose, in planning too much for frequency of pee / sniff stops - just play it by ear.
Will the pup have been in a car before? It would be a bummer to get to Stoney and realise you had a case of chronic car sickness with you.
Have a good trip loon.
Cheers,
Eric
Kiltie said:
Barry, f'like min?
I think it would be good to have the wee one in a crate secured on the back seat. I reckon that would be a more relaxing environment and best for sleeping quietly.
It's also a good idea in case the unthinkable should happen - a canine projectile inside a car isn't good.
I'd also make sure that the wee one knows there's a friendly human close by all the time. First big experience away from the security of the litter - being inside a car for eight hours might be scary.
I'm guessing you'll be doing the trip down in a oner. No point, I suppose, in planning too much for frequency of pee / sniff stops - just play it by ear.
Will the pup have been in a car before? It would be a bummer to get to Stoney and realise you had a case of chronic car sickness with you.
Have a good trip loon.
Cheers,
Eric
Aye, Eric, fitlike yersel? Thanks for that. must admit I was thinking more of the projectiles being of the gut induced type!I think it would be good to have the wee one in a crate secured on the back seat. I reckon that would be a more relaxing environment and best for sleeping quietly.
It's also a good idea in case the unthinkable should happen - a canine projectile inside a car isn't good.
I'd also make sure that the wee one knows there's a friendly human close by all the time. First big experience away from the security of the litter - being inside a car for eight hours might be scary.
I'm guessing you'll be doing the trip down in a oner. No point, I suppose, in planning too much for frequency of pee / sniff stops - just play it by ear.
Will the pup have been in a car before? It would be a bummer to get to Stoney and realise you had a case of chronic car sickness with you.
Have a good trip loon.
Cheers,
Eric
Yes, I'll play it by ear. Going to allow plenty time for the trip so will start off with hourly comfort stops then see how it goes. I did like a previous poster's recommendation of playing Pink Floyd
If it doesn't have the desired calming effect on Pup then I'll just turn the volume up to 11 !
See you at Boyndie, Fintray, Alford next year? hope so mate.
Kiltie said:
Aye Barry loon, I can imagine you'll be comfortably numb by the time you get down the road.
I do hope to be out next year - see "my (fantasy) garage" in my profile.
See you at Fintray in May if not before.
Cheers,
Eric
Aye, I'll be numb allright. Comfortably or otherwise>I do hope to be out next year - see "my (fantasy) garage" in my profile.
See you at Fintray in May if not before.
Cheers,
Eric
so, you'll be back wi slicks n wings then? Nice one. I'm sure you now have a clear definition of " GREASY" imprinted in your mind. Did the same at the last Boyndie but fortunately got away with only car damage.
Sorry to have taken so long to get back here and thank everyone for their help and advice on what I thought was going to be a bit of a problem. As it turned out, no problem at all.
Treacle, as SHE is called was beautifully behaved, no car sickness, NO accidents in the car, a wee bit boisterous at times, but deftly contained by my co pilot.
Bought her a comfy wee bed thing, had a blanket that had her mum's scent on it and a squeaky toy that she had.
Pink Floyd was played quite loudly, as it would have been anyway. She may as well get used to it as she'll have to lump it in Hampstead.
Stopped 4 times on an 8hr. journey and she pee'd each time I let her out.
Actually, I really wanted to take her back with me after Xmas.
Treacle, as SHE is called was beautifully behaved, no car sickness, NO accidents in the car, a wee bit boisterous at times, but deftly contained by my co pilot.
Bought her a comfy wee bed thing, had a blanket that had her mum's scent on it and a squeaky toy that she had.
Pink Floyd was played quite loudly, as it would have been anyway. She may as well get used to it as she'll have to lump it in Hampstead.
Stopped 4 times on an 8hr. journey and she pee'd each time I let her out.
Actually, I really wanted to take her back with me after Xmas.
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