We will be driving 12 hours from Atlanta to Detroit over the Christmas Holiday. I think it would be a lot easier for the dog if she just slept during the car ride. Is there anything I can give her to make her drowsy? She weighs around 35 pounds. Last year we tried one benadryl, it didn't really have any affect.
2007-12-19 01:50:51 · 15 answers · asked by megzstar22 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
We will be driving 12 hours from Atlanta to Detroit over the Christmas Holiday. I think it would be a lot easier for the dog if she just slept during the car ride. Is there anything I can give her to make her drowsy? She weighs around 35 pounds. Last year we tried one benadryl, it didn't really have any affect.
**Please stop accusing me of being a bad dog owner or poisoning my dog. I was just looking for advice. My dog is very well trained, I just wondered if medicating her might make the car ride easier.
2007-12-19 02:10:40 · update #1
My vet suggests children's benedryl. It's safe and won't harm your dog. My dog has been getting benedryl for years and he's perfectly healthy. Don't listen to these quacks who tell you it's poison. It would be very hard to overdose a dog on benedryl....per my vet. Start w/ 1/2 a dose & work your way up to a full dose. My dog has gotten a daily dose for YEARS, he has allergies.
2007-12-19 02:01:21 · answer #1 · answered by MoonPie 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Most importantly, speak with your vet. You might want to have a sedative around in case you need it and your vet will be the only one who can give you an appropriate one. Also, you may have to stop at least every few hours to let the dog relieve himself as well as eat and drink. It's extremely important that the dog doesn't dehydrate on the long trip, especially with the stress of such long travel. As long as you make an appt with you vet you'll get the lowdown and everything will go smoothly. I'm a vet student who hates giving western medicine to my animals, but I'm going to have to sedate my kitty for a long plane ride this spring. Some things you just can't get out of, but it doesn't make you anything but a caring animal-mama. Hope this helps, and safe travels =)
2016-03-16 03:25:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Makes A Dog Sleep
2017-01-13 06:58:45 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like others said, a simple call to your vet can get you the CORRECT medication for your dog. However, with a whooping cough vaccine you can happily board it without having to worry about the car ride.
An aquaintance of my friend actually killed her dog when she gave it Xanax to calm it down. She gave it too much and it killed the poor thing. This needless death JUST because she didn't want him jumping on company. How sad. Don't be that person. Call the vet and ask for a sedative, it's that easy.
Good luck. ;o)
2007-12-19 02:04:58 · answer #4 · answered by MrsCrabs 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
LaceyD5 is so right. Vets actually recommend this sort of stuff for dogs (that is directed to all you who accuse people of poisoning dogs, yes you can give dogs people medicine) I, too have given my dogs benadryl and dramamine for car sickness. the dramamine will make the dog drowsy enough to relax, not knock him out for the ride. it will make the ride much more stress free for you and YOUR DOG.
2007-12-19 03:20:28 · answer #5 · answered by mott1999 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't ever take the sleeping pills route!!
1. They will damage your liver big time and you can get into serious health problems.
2. You will get hooked up on them and you won't be able to have a normal life any more if you don't take your pills everyday.
The sleeping pills industry is damaging our health by capitalizing on our ignorance, and by distracting people from effective and natural ways to deal with this problem. I had been taking prescription sleep medications [Ambien] for over 5 years. It stopped working and I simply took more. Still did not work. Nights were very difficult - medication put me to sleep but I would wake up after 2–3 hours with a strong sympathetic response (fast pulse, pounding heartbeat, wide awake alert). It was a very difficult cycle to break. I was really in bad shape due to lack of sleep.
After years of struggling I was able to cure my insomnia naturally and pretty fast. I followed the Sleep Tracks sleep optimization program, here is their official web -site if you want to take a look: http://www.insomniacure.net
Ohhh..and Good Luck!
2014-09-17 11:20:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Children's benadryl is ok. Or you can get a safe sedative called Acepromazine from your vet. It's pretty cheap and works very well. Plus your vet can give you the exact dosage for your pup to make it through the ride. Dont mix some kind of strage puppy cocktail...safer to take her to the vet and pick up something. Again, Ace is cheap and works well.
2007-12-19 03:04:47 · answer #7 · answered by alf 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have given my dog childrens benadryl for his allergies haha. My other dog, has to take a tranquilizer thing before she gets her nails clipped...it makes her super sleepy and she just lays around and sleeps until it wears off. Im not sure of the name, ask your vet!
2007-12-19 04:15:38 · answer #8 · answered by xDiamondPrincess 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You might need more than one benadryl- call and ask your vet how much according to her body weight. I used to give my dog just one for her allergies, and my vet laughed when I told him and said she needs three- but she is a lot bigger than 35 lbs!
Dramamine makes my girl sleepy, too, but you have to get the original formula, not the 'less drowsy' one. I give it to her for her car sickness, also recommended by the vet.
2007-12-19 01:57:35 · answer #9 · answered by Laceyd5 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
There is a safe and natural way to acomplish this. It comes in the form of the Montmorency cherry. In concentrate it contains natural melatonin which in turn will stimulate the pineal gland in the brain to produce more! It works great! my wife and I use it nightly and it works great. Feel free to Email me at:
immunocal4life@gmail.com or visit my yahoo group:
"petscellhealth" I can get you the information you need to get this for your doggie!
Look forward to hearing from you soon!
Tom Perez
Nutraceutical Consultant
2007-12-19 05:03:17 · answer #10 · answered by celenaper 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋