sea sick boat dog

[Birdseye]

Max the boat dog is happy on board. No doubt about that. But last Sunday we came back homw with 25kn NE blowing and a high spring tide. So it was rough but nothing silly. Unfortunately, he had to be down below becaus the boat was moving about a lot and four paws dont seem to give him a lot of grip. Ayway the result was that he had a techicolour yawn containing dog treats rather than carrot, all over my bunk. Yuk.

We like him on board. He normally is pretty happy on board. Is there such a thing as Stugeron for dogs? How have others tackled this issue?

I would add that he has never been car sick despite some "vigorous" driving

 

[NotBirdseye]

Yes. Ask your local vet for a prescription

Cerenia® (a veterinary-specific prescription medication) and dimenhydrinate (brand names: Dramamine® or Gravol®), and meclizine (brand names: Antivert® and Bonine®). These anti-nausea medications can prevent vomiting in a stressed pet.

You can check if these are available over the counter but usually it's a no. Unfortunately we all get seasick at some point, even dogs. There are things that you can do and one item is not to feed them until after the trip if at all possible...

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Sympathy! We had an incident when our dog was young. He was below decks, and had been aboard without the opportunity to go ashore for about 24 hours. Sadly, this combination led to him sort of exploding out of both ends!

We got some tablets from the vet, but the long term cure has been to keep him above decks. He has a lifejacket, and if necessary we tether him in the cockpit. I don't know what we'll do if we take him on an overnight passage - like many dogs, he'll only "go" on grass or a pavement. We'll experiment with a bit of fake turf sometime.

 

[NotBirdseye]

Sympathy! We had an incident when our dog was young. He was below decks, and had been aboard without the opportunity to go ashore for about 24 hours. Sadly, this combination led to him sort of exploding out of both ends!

We got some tablets from the vet, but the long term cure has been to keep him above decks. He has a lifejacket, and if necessary we tether him in the cockpit. I don't know what we'll do if we take him on an overnight passage - like many dogs, he'll only "go" on grass or a pavement. We'll experiment with a bit of fake turf sometime.

Make sure to get it well seasoned... but lemme know how that goes!

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Make sure to get it well seasoned... but lemme know how that goes!

Well, it's 3 years since he's been seasick. Like all dogs, he's been sick when something he's scavenged has disagreed with him, but no seasickness. However, we haven't tried him on a longer passage - only day sailing.

 

[Frogmogman]

Maybe let him have a spell on the helm. Often helps with seasick crew members.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Maybe let him have a spell on the helm. Often helps with seasick crew members.

That's fine as long as we don't mind chasing dogfish, or ending up at the Dogger Bank! Also, he could only reach the tiller from the cockpit floor, and I'm sure he couldn't see forward from there - he only weighs 6.4 kg!

 

[Clancy Moped]

Strawberry jam helps.

 

[DJE]

My bipedal sailing companion says she knows how he feels.

 

[Birdseye]

duplicate somehow

 

[Birdseye]

The culprit on the way up when it was calm.

 

[Frogmogman]

Awwwww. He's adorable.