Now that we have a vehicle in the city, it’s time to bring Petie with us. Where you may ask, well, EVERYWHERE! Last weekend was a trip to visit friends in Staten Island for the day.
Not a bad ride out in the morning considering it had snowed for the first time this winter that morning. Only a few inches but it was enough to make it a slow paced ride. From the looks Petie was giving me, the slower, the better. I did some reading and have learned that he has classic car motion sickness. There are many recomendations to assist in working with this but the truth is, you need lots of towels, love and patience. (Benadryl doesnt hurt either)
The second trip was much longer to go out to my dad’s house in NJ. Problem here is lots of windy roads and stop, go, stop, go trsffic. The poor fucking dog, honestly. He nailed day one but this was going to be a challenge. An hour into it we were in NJ and close to dad’s. It was the perfect time to stop and grab coffee since my wife was comfortably setup in the back seat with the dog. From what I am told, as soon as I left the truck he started moaning and crying in his drug induced slumber.
Petie never drools or slobbers on anything but the moment he sees you are headed to a car , it begins. Drooling water out of both sides simultaneously and looks miserable as he lays still, that’s the good part. He doesn’t try to move around and basically makes a sad puddle wherever you place his head. The adorable part comes when he first exits the vehicle as his legs look like he’s been on a boat all day. Wobbling and taking it slow he wanders around with zero excitement in his step, very not like Petie! We are still looking for a better answer to make him happy but for the time being, he gets to go wherever we go.
Please send over any ideas you have!
-Dopie
