Blue
Well-Known Member
We adopted Nitro a year ago when he as 7 months old. He's hated the car from the day we got him, which in all honesty lead me to never taking him in the car. I know not really the way to go but at the same time I had a 1.5 year old who also hated his car seat with a passion so driving around with a screaming child and adding a whining shaking dog into that just wasn't something I wanted to deal with at the time. My husband works 65-70 hours a week so it's just me and 3 kids most of the time (well two are at school al day). Anyways, what is the best way to go about getting him to be ok in the car and is there just a possibility that he will hate it forever? I thought about treats in the car but didn't know if that just reinforced the nervous behavior. Or if I should just start taking him with me every time I go somewhere. I can't fit a crate in my car so he is basically just loose on the floor. I have an SUV with captains chairs in the second row. Not really enough room behind the 3rd row for him. Ideally I'd like for him to be inbetween the 2nd row captains chairs on the floor and stay there but instead he paces, shakes and whines the whole time. Also the amount of fur left behind you'd think he wouldn't have any left. Basically I need to know the best way to go about this on my own while driving at the same time. My previous dog loved the car so this is different for me. On the plus side he is more then happy to get in the car on his own.