My dog, Keyah (as in key-ah) is a lovable 7 year old white Lab. I love her to death. However, since she was about a year old she has been afraid of being in a moving car. If I open the door, she'll jump right in. But the minute I start moving she starts jumping up and down and barking with the loudest bark ever. In fact, her barking fogs up the back windows so much that when the car is rocking it sort of looks like two teenagers having a lot of fun in the back seat. I've even had a dog trainer tell me he couldn't take it because her barking was so loud and he didn't know what to advise me to do. I've recently installed a dog barrier in the back of my SUV. Prior to that I had her harnesed, with the harness attached to the seatbelt. She jumped up and down so much that she unknowingly unlocked the seatbelt and she immediaty jumped to the front seat and onto my lap on a major Long Island road. Scrary to say the least.
I can tolerate taking her to the Long Island Dog Parks or to the vets or for some brief errands around town, (and as soon as she loses sight of me she stops barking!), but I would love to take her on longer trips...I just don't know if I have the stamina to listen to her for a long period. Any thoughts?
Oh, and if any of you are from Pagosa Springs, Colorado, Keyah was named after beautiful Keyah Grande, where we were fortunate enough to spend two summers, long before it bacame the wonderful retreat it is today..
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