Puppy travelling advice

My friend's collecting her new little Bedlington on Monday - any tips for her to survive a four hour drive? She was calm cool and collected, but has now sent me a panicky message

Nice crate, no food before journey and drive without sudden turns/stops if poss. Take spare bedding, newspaper, wipes and plastic bag(s) in case of soiling but otherwise just get on with journey, if pup is sick it still has to travel and getting home sooner is better than breaking the journey apart from loo and coffee stop!

Chase slept nearly all his long long journey between Suffolk and Worcs.

Himself on his way home.....

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..... and tucking into his fave puppy meal once home, rice pudding

I have always advised that the best place to have your pup travel for the first few journeys is in the passenger footwell (if you have someone who can supervise)

Pups are less likely to be sick travelling here and therefore less likely to develop ongoing sickness later on

B's journey home:

Sue had him charging round the garden before we got there, and he had a meal at 7am ish - we picked him up around 10am. I took on of those boxes you get A3/A4 paper in, breeder gave us some lovely vetbed which smelt of 'him' and in he went - quiet as you like for the whole journey.

We had a long journey - the looks I got when we stopped and I was putting newspaper outside the car for him to pee on

HTH

Edited to add- was not the comfyest journey for me with a pup in the footwell - but he soooooo loves the car now, in contrast - his sissy does get travel sick

Mine always go in the cage. The longest journey I have had for a puppy was Miar who came from Scotland. She was brought to Birmingham for us, and we picked her up outside the show. She did yap a bit at the start of the journey (in Scotland), but that was probably just cos she was leaving Mom. We never had any problems with her.

When I breed, I always try to take the pups out in the car a couple of times before they leave us, then they are used to the motion.

Only ever had sickenss problems with my first Welsh, but then she lived with my mother for her first few months and my mom's driving can be interesting

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I did once hear someone say that their line had sickness problems, so maybe there is a genetic component?

Basic answer for your friend is do what Sue suggests and RELAX

we gave our two a couple of the tummy calming treaty things you can buy in packets at PAH - they sat on the kids laps on the back seat - they were fine, and have been ever since

we brought Ruby home in the Landrover and she sat on my lap in the back (but it was only a short journey)- she loves the car and never ever has any problems

I just looked again at my ickle man in that crate - he is now in a whole size pet cargo crate bigger!!! I cannot believe he was ever that small!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then
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and now (for comparison with a WSS who hasn't grown in the same period)
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