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All righty. I need some advice. Waffle has been having a rough day, here's her story and the issue I need help with:
Today I came home to my parents for a few days over Spring Break. Since this is only an hour drive I brought Waffle with me as I didn't want her to be lonely at my place and she's very used to traveling and being at my parents. Now, she HATES being crated and gets herself very worked up about it. In the car the majority of the time she's totally fine and will just sit quietly staring at me from her crate the whole time. However sometimes she ends up getting sick (this is usually pretty rare). This time she was a complete mess and it was just TERRIBLE. She was fine for about half an hour, then she ended up throwing up from what I can only imagine was from a combination of how worked up she got herself and the actual car ride. So, she threw up (a whole bunch too), then moved to the front of the crate and a few minutes later threw up a bit more. Following this she ended up going to the bathroom in the crate (both kinds of potty breaks too). Obviously she was quite upset after all of this and I was too as I worry about my baby and try to keep her as comfortable as possible. So luckily I was close enough to my dad's store in Daytona that I only had to drive about 15 minutes down the interstate before I could bring her inside somewhere, get her out of the crate, and clean the crate out and wipe her feet off (she ended up stepping in everything). I could tell that she felt much better after this and she made it the rest of the way home fine. Now we've been at my parent's for about 6 hours and she's in a much better mood (though I'm having a problem getting the stench out of her - any advice on that while we're at it). I just feel terrible about that and was wondering what I can possibly do for her when she has to go in the crate and go for rides? When she was under a year old she was totally fine in the crate and never had a problem, but over the last two years I feel like it has gotten worse. I love my baby so much and feel like a criminal when she's unhappy or uncomfortable because of some situation I put her in, so does anyone have any advice? She's going to have to go for car rides on ocassion no matter what (though she doesn't take them much now as it is) so I was just hoping that someone could help.
Thanks for your help in advance.
All righty. I need some advice. Waffle has been having a rough day, here's her story and the issue I need help with:
Today I came home to my parents for a few days over Spring Break. Since this is only an hour drive I brought Waffle with me as I didn't want her to be lonely at my place and she's very used to traveling and being at my parents. Now, she HATES being crated and gets herself very worked up about it. In the car the majority of the time she's totally fine and will just sit quietly staring at me from her crate the whole time. However sometimes she ends up getting sick (this is usually pretty rare). This time she was a complete mess and it was just TERRIBLE. She was fine for about half an hour, then she ended up throwing up from what I can only imagine was from a combination of how worked up she got herself and the actual car ride. So, she threw up (a whole bunch too), then moved to the front of the crate and a few minutes later threw up a bit more. Following this she ended up going to the bathroom in the crate (both kinds of potty breaks too). Obviously she was quite upset after all of this and I was too as I worry about my baby and try to keep her as comfortable as possible. So luckily I was close enough to my dad's store in Daytona that I only had to drive about 15 minutes down the interstate before I could bring her inside somewhere, get her out of the crate, and clean the crate out and wipe her feet off (she ended up stepping in everything). I could tell that she felt much better after this and she made it the rest of the way home fine. Now we've been at my parent's for about 6 hours and she's in a much better mood (though I'm having a problem getting the stench out of her - any advice on that while we're at it). I just feel terrible about that and was wondering what I can possibly do for her when she has to go in the crate and go for rides? When she was under a year old she was totally fine in the crate and never had a problem, but over the last two years I feel like it has gotten worse. I love my baby so much and feel like a criminal when she's unhappy or uncomfortable because of some situation I put her in, so does anyone have any advice? She's going to have to go for car rides on ocassion no matter what (though she doesn't take them much now as it is) so I was just hoping that someone could help.
Thanks for your help in advance.