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Article: Driving Miss Doggy: here's help in getting your canine pal accustomed to car travel.(Behavior)
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- Dog Watch
- Article date:
- August 1, 2007
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Like many of us, you may be including your dog in your summer travel plans. While most dogs love to be included, however, not all of them are comfortable and relaxed in the car. Some may bark at anything that moves, charge the windows or be restless and nervous.
A reader writes about her 10-year-old black Labrador retriever that does fine during short car rides from their rural home to town, but pants uncontrollably during the three-hour-plus trip to their son's home. Apparently, the dog has reacted this way since puppyhood.
We often never know why some dogs are anxious in the car. Few owners report that their dogs have had any kind of traumatic ...