How to calm a crazy dog in the car!

Is your dog crazy in the car? in todays video we take a look behind the psychology of why our dogs get SO crazy in the car and more importantly HOW to help our pups relax and enjoy peaceful car journeys!!!

[fwshucl]

Finally I've heard something that makes sense! Not just a short ride, not just a ride to a happy place... but a nowhere ride..it's fabulous. My dog gets in the car, buckled in his harness, soft fleece on the seat, I turn on the ignition and seriously he is NUTS. So I think my step 7 may turn out to be, ignition on ignition off... and then we'll go from there..

[juanito]

All this makes sense… The movement is the most difficult to keep him under control… doesn’t stop barking or whining only when moving.

[Glambykari]

The first car ride my yorkie took was when I picked him up from the breeder’s home. He cried the entire way home and he still has an anxiety attack in the car every time we try to get him to go with us to any place. This ladder theory explained things perfectly for me. Thanks so much!

[thatclover]

the scream barking panic is so aweful😢

[michaelkopyscianski]

This is incredibly helpful! It makes so much sense

[alurpsis]

My Dutch Shepherd was a Parvo puppy. She never had siblings, or a mother, to teach her any manners. Dutchies are pretty crazy even without this bad start. She's more than 3 y/o now and is getting better every year. But she still gets over-excited when she gets in the car. I'm going to follow your ladder, or my rendition of it, every day to get her to be easier to take places. Now she paces back and forth chasing whatever passes by and pants excessively. We put up barriers to keep her from soaking us with saliva. Thank you for your video, I will be watching it regularly to make sure I follow the steps.

[Bee-zjtv]

All of the ladder steps is exactly what we do when we take our dogs to the park and one of them is just crazy in the car. It all makes sense. Going to implement these in our routine. Thank you so much.

[kansirr]

My dog jumps into the car fine, but barks once I close or open the door with him in it. Also, he barks when the car slows down. He’s perfectly fine when the car is moving 40 mph or over though. Any thoughts on what it may be?

[stbtstbt]

This is a brilliant video! It's advice thats already out there but having it laid out like this in simple steps and explained so well is such a game changer. It makes it seem managable and not so intimidating to start doing. Thank you!!

[janicetribbiani]

Going through this now with a super excitable lab. This info makes the most sense of anything I've read and heard so far!

[pamelajansson]

My dog is a drama queen when I leave him in the car. At most he has been alone 17 minutes. It's horrible when I come back and have to explaine to concerne people that he has not been alone for hours.

[jcustomvans]

Thanks for video . Going through this now

[Sue-dvkh]

So glad I found this blog, I was beginning to fall out of love with my 4yrold German shepherd great thank you. A happy gsd owner again x

[jimcoon]

This is awesome information. Thank you so much! PS - please buy a lav mic.

[emmawarrendesign]

Thank you so much for making this video! I will be taking Bea out in the car for a sing song for sure! Had never thought about the pointless journey one technique but it makes so much sense as she definitely associates being in the car with the best walk ever! Will let you know how we get on. Thanks again! x

[tlclypp]

My dog gets worse in car when he sees a junction or roundabout he recognises as he knows he is nearer the destination.he screeches with excitement especially when we stop car to get out.

[phylk]

My puppy (4 months) is not excited to get to the car she’s excited to get out of the car. She barks constantly on a drive and can’t sit and relax… that’s all. It’s like anxiety.

She has no interest in getting into the car at all - in fact she tries to get away from getting into the car.

I will try just letting her sit in the car and not have the engine or anything running.

She’s a Cockapoo.

[paulaleach]

My dog has become very protective of me just recently. She is 7 months old and will guard me from family members and my other dog when I am eating or when someone new comes to the house and now she is guarding me when I am driving. She only barks at people outside of the car whether they are walking, cycling or running. She will carry on barking until they are out of sight. She is trained to stop doing things with a sharp "no" followed by positive reinforcement for stopping, which works for everything else but not for this. I don't know why she feels the need to protect me all of a sudden or how to teach her not to do it. She is a Border Collie and has been well socialised in many situation with strangers. If I leave her in the car and go out of sight she settles down and doesn't bark at the people passing. How do I reduce her protective instincts.

[CraftyInes]

Will definitely try your suggestions. Thank you! One question though, my Yorkie is five pounds so she can’t climb in the car by herself. I have to pick her up and put her in her car seat. Any suggestions for desensitizing this event? She cries like someone is killing her every time I put her in her car seat. I’ve tried all types; front middle, backseat basket where she can look out window, crate, carrier. Nothing works she cries and cries the whole ride.

[shannonhenning]

My daughter and I and of course Zoe (our 7.5lb toy poodle) are going on a Winter vacation for the first time in three years. We are already dreading the car ride which is about 5-6 hours because Zoe whines, barks, makes this sound that literally sounds like a duck quacking nearly the entire time. The only time she is quiet is when she is in my lap. So this can’t happen because I am going to be driving part way. I need to train her to stay in her car seat bed in the back seat. I am going to start training her to stay in her seat a little at a time for the next 7 months. If you have any other tips to help we would be forever grateful.