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My 15 year old huntin' buddy lab is having a hard time getting around, and now that we have likely sold the house, I am wondering if he will survive being put in a box and flown down to Oregon...wish him luck!

 

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Jennabear Senior Enthusiast

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Check with your vet to see if you can give him anything to calm his nerves. We gave our lab aceprotezone (sp?) on a cross country trip. Maybe 66nova could help ya out?

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Check with your vet to see if you can give him anything to calm his nerves. We gave our lab aceprotezone (sp?) on a cross country trip. Maybe 66nova could help ya out?

 

 

Thanks, Jenna. Yes we will check with the vet, we were just discussing this possibility.

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Talk with a vet is a great idea, get him calmed down and he should be fine. He hasn't been around all these year because he's a wimp, he's probably got a little left in the tank. Good luck. :cool:

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Check with your vet to see if you can give him anything to calm his nerves. We gave our lab aceprotezone (sp?) on a cross country trip. Maybe 66nova could help ya out?

 

 

Thanks, Jenna. Yes we will check with the vet, we were just discussing this possibility.

 

 

 

Is he a nervous dog? I use acepromazine quite a bit for travel. A lot of airlines don't like them to be sedated for flight, but for me, I would rather sedate most of my patients some so they are calm. A dog that is freaked out for how ever many hours is much worse in my opinion.

 

I certainly would talk to your vet. I would recommend some sedation if he is healthy enough. I also noticed you saying he has a hard time getting around. Do you have him on anything for this? If not, let me know. I will give you information to ask your veterinarian about.

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Robert- I heard you can give dogs Dramamine for the car, would you suggest this? We are taking a road trip soon, and our lab doesn't do so well, but I don't want him sedated. What would be the recommended dose per weight?

alaska511 Senior Enthusiast

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Check with your vet to see if you can give him anything to calm his nerves. We gave our lab aceprotezone (sp?) on a cross country trip. Maybe 66nova could help ya out?

 

 

Thanks, Jenna. Yes we will check with the vet, we were just discussing this possibility.

 

 

 

Is he a nervous dog? I use acepromazine quite a bit for travel. A lot of airlines don't like them to be sedated for flight, but for me, I would rather sedate most of my patients some so they are calm. A dog that is freaked out for how ever many hours is much worse in my opinion.

 

I certainly would talk to your vet. I would recommend some sedation if he is healthy enough. I also noticed you saying he has a hard time getting around. Do you have him on anything for this? If not, let me know. I will give you information to ask your veterinarian about.

 

 

Not nervous at all. He has been the absolute best dog ever. If anything, he is so attached to us, that I fear the seperation anxiety might get him LOL

 

He has never been in a box, unless the door was open, hell he has only been leashed a few times. I can walk down a busy city street with him, and he would stay at my side, one step behind unless I snapped my fingers and told him to go.

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Good looking dog!

 

hope he makes it alright, looks like he has a lot of life left in him.

 

 

Thanks. People can't believe it when I tell them how old he is. He is just really slow now.

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I wish him luck on his big trip.

 

He looks like a good dog, and I bet you have some good hunting stories to go along with him.

alaska511 Senior Enthusiast

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I wish him luck on his big trip.

 

He looks like a good dog, and I bet you have some good hunting stories to go along with him.

 

 

I have a picture with him bringing back 2 ducks at once. I will have to find it and scan it. It was half the fun of duck hunting, watching him do his thing.

tobias Senior Enthusiast

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Good looking dog!

 

hope he makes it alright, looks like he has a lot of life left in him.

 

 

Thanks. People can't believe it when I tell them how old he is. He is just really slow now.

 

 

Just like his old man. :P

 

My last chocolate only lived to be eleven, fifteen is awesome! I can only hope the yellow I have now can make it that far. She just turned four in March though so we have awhile still. :cool:

 

No chance of putting him on a boat and taking the scenic route? :D

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