Crazy in the car
It's not just that she barks. We have a "sling" in the back seat that is for dog safety (so the pup doesn't fall on the floor of the back seat). As soon as she's in the car, she starts digging at the sling. She does the same thing sometimes with her dog bed, though not as often. But in the car she just won't stop digging at the sling. On long trips, I have to put her in her crate in the car, but does anyone have suggestions how I can get her used to riding and how to get her to be civilized in the car? Thanks. |
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| work with her in th ecrate until she is really comfortable and then try the sling at her age she may not be ready for the odd feeling it gives her. I use a sling for my girl and she took to it right away - but she was older. before that she rode in a crate or the rear of the SUV.
thebiggest part of car training is ignoring them so they learn to go to sleep  any feedback will reinforce whatever they are doing wrong. |
| yep I agree don't respond to her. They get to know how to push you>>>> |
| Hi,
not advice but can you tell me about the sling you use in the back and where you got it from. I tried a back seat hammock here but it was way too big for my two door SUV. I'm wondering if they're different things and if I can get one here in Aus. Thanks Mim |
| The sling I have is from Orvis. Not sure but others probably make them. Here's a link (is that allowed?)
http://www.orvis.com/store/productchoic ... t_id=10578 |
| Go back to basics with her. start by just putting her in the car and letting her sit in the back. No engine on, leave her for 5 minutes then take her out and treat her for appropriate relxed behaviour. Do it for a couple of days and increase the time, next step turn the engine on then leave to run for about 5 mins then turn it off. Get her out then if she has behaved well treat her again. Do that a few times without taking her for a drive.
After that just short spurts around the block, that way you are conditioning her in short spurts till she learns how to travel in the car. If you have to go on a longer trip then either crate her or use a car seat dog harness till she learns to lay down and enjoy the ride without getting excited and silly in the car. If she is really being barky and naughty then you can cover the travelling crate with a towel so she can't see, remove the towel and if she plays up the towel goes back over the crate, she will learn quickly that way too just to relax and bahave while you are all travelling. |
| Fortunately, Jenny loves the car. Jumps in the back seat and lays down. My first two girls were horrible in the car. |
| We took Snowy shopping this past weekend. NEVER again. She was all over the SUV. All she did was cry! I will start her on small trips to longer ones. Flannigan was so good in the car. But he got car sick in 15 min. LOL
The look he would get on his sweet face. So he just went to the park. |
When Jake was a puppy I put him in a puppy car seat and it worked great. He felt secure strapped in it and he could see out the window.  |
| Two, Four Paws up to Lisaoes. That's what we did. To this day, though, they insist on getting a "ride" from the gate into the garage. So training also became a game.
Longer rides have been to vet lately......they are getting nervous about that. Time to go to a drive-in for fries or some other treat. Crumpet recognized McDonalds and would whine waiting for her hamburger w/o pickle. Boy was she sad when I'd drive past! |
| We have been struggling with good manners in the car since we got Casey. He chases cars both in and out...we switched to putting him in the crate in the car and then putting him in the crate in the car with the crate covered...he is fine when we aren't moving and then once we start moving he starts loud nervous barking.
We got Casey at one years old and previous to that he'd only been in the car when he left the breeder to go to the previous owner's place. And then we think the owner walked him along a route that wasn't near any cars...SO! Our 70 pound goof has a really unhealthy relationship with vehicles that we keep discouraging with only bits of success at intervals. I can't stress enough the importance of giving your puppy new experiences as he grows, it's sooooo much harder to un-do something then it is to prevent it from happening. Good luck! |
| Mim,dont dogs here have to be restrained in the car?We have ours in harness dog seat belts,maybe only a Qld thing? |
lynZoes wrote: Mim,dont dogs here have to be restrained in the car?We have ours in harness dog seat belts,maybe only a Qld thing?
Must be Qld. Mine sit in the back of our 2 door Toyota RAV with the back seats folded up out of the way so they cant get in the front for trips to the off lead park/vet. The sling would give them more space and still stop them coming through to the front. |
| It's law for dogs in utes here but not in cars.
Mim you really should use a restrainer of some sort like a car harness if you ever stop quickly or have a bingle then the dogs can get thrown through the front windows. I have a wagon as you know with a grill seperating them in the back for safety just in case. It saved my previous girl who occassionally I use to put on the back seat and thank goodness she was in the far back of a wagon behind a grill when a truck hit me, she hit the grill but did not go flying through the car and cause her injury. I learnt never travel in a car without good restraints you don't do it with kids for that very reason too, it keeps them safe and lessens chances of bad injuries if you do have an accident, and besides that the saftey aspect of no way can a dog distract you while driving by trying to get towards the front.  |
| Studies have shown that the risk of death of a driver is greatly increased if there are unrestrained passengers in the back of the car and this applies to furry ones just as well. Whether it is a Pug, Persian or a Pointer, when the pet has gathered the momentum of the motor vehicle it means a massive blow to the head of the person holding the wheel if they are flung forward! This is far from safe for the pet either as you can imagine.
As well as physically causing damage, pets are often very distracting for drivers. An unrestrained cat that is not used to (and not happy about) being in the car can be a clawing catastrophe. Dogs leaping around in excitement will regularly try and enjoy the ride on the lap of their favourite chauffeur! When a dog sits on the driver's lap, it can interfere with steering, visibility, and driver attention. A dog that gets under the driver's feet can interfere with the accelerator and the brake pedal. As a dog climbs around in the driver's compartment, it can bump the shift lever and just generally get in the way of the driver's ability to safely operate the vehicle. A dog that's not secured can quickly become a flying missile if there's an accident. If there's an accident that causes the doors to open or the windows to break, an unsecured dog can fly from the vehicle and be injured or killed. If able, the dog may run into traffic being injured or causing an accident or run away and not be found. |
lisaoes wrote: It's law for dogs in utes here but not in cars.
Mim you really should use a restrainer of some sort like a car harness if you ever stop quickly or have a bingle then the dogs can get thrown through the front windows. I have a wagon as you know with a grill seperating them in the back for safety just in case. It saved my previous girl who occassionally I use to put on the back seat and thank goodness she was in the far back of a wagon behind a grill when a truck hit me, she hit the grill but did not go flying through the car and cause her injury. I learnt never travel in a car without good restraints you don't do it with kids for that very reason too, it keeps them safe and lessens chances of bad injuries if you do have an accident, and besides that the saftey aspect of no way can a dog distract you while driving by trying to get towards the front. The 2 door RAV is too small to put a grill in. Well not if I owned very small dogs but the space behing the back seats is tiny. The seats of the back seats fold right up off the floor, Her ladyshep, Tiggy, prefers to be chauffeur driven so she can ride lying down on the floor in the back. A girl's gotta be comfortable! So she gets all sad in the back seat cause she's not comfy lying down. That's why I'm thinking of getting a back seat sling. They're called hammocks here. If I can find one the right size she can lie down in her harness because they extend the depth of the seat, the good ones have holes to do up the seat belts so she can have the harness on. |
| I ordered mine from "drsfostersmith.com" called Hammock Bench Seat Cover. I have a chry. 300M, so a larger back seat. But it installs and comes out so easily, zips to expose 1/2 of the seat is needed. She is seat belted in also, but can lay down comfortably. She will sometimes lay her head down on the console in between the two from seats. Water resistant and machine washable. Love it...... |
| We had issues with Archie in the sling type between the back of the front seats and the rear seats, he really didn't settle this was when we had a saloon, now we have an estate/station wagon and he is in the back behind the dog grill he seems so much better.
Maybe the movement under foot/body un-nerves them? |
| I took your suggestions and gradually got her used to being in the car. A few minutes with her in the car and me outside. Repeat. Then a short ride where I ignored her.
Happily, now that she's almost 9 months, she is MUCH better in the car and doesn't dig. We go on short trips almost every day. On long trips, she rides in her crate where she feels safe and secure. Thank you everyone! |
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