Question by comfortably numb: How do I travel with Fluffy?
I am going to be going away over the spring and summer and it will be necessary to take my 6 year old cat w/ me, the car ride will be about 4-5 hours. Should I keep him in a pet carrier, or let him just sit in the passenger seat? What about him eating and going to the bathroom, can he hold it that long if he is in a carrier? Any tips are very much appreciated!

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Answer by Ocimom
Keep him in the carrier for your safety and his. Do not feed him before traveling. Keep a litter pan in the car and if you stop for lunch/dinner for more then 1/2 hr, then let him out to stretch, use the pan and give him a small meal or drink of water.

I show cats and they are fine travelling for 4-5 hrs to a show without eating. They eat when we get to the show.

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Question by Peek-A-Poo: My dog loves me but doesn’t like to go in the car he runs and hides when he hears my keys.?
My husband and I travel alot and our dog doesn’t like the car. We take very good care of him, love on him but he is a homebody. He is a small peek-a-poo and when we got him he had been in a kennel alone for 6 week because he was the last to go. We got him at 3 months, his health was not the best. After several trips to the vet he is in good health, and seems to have forgotten his earlier days.(we think) He is now 8 months old, and he trusts us with most everything other than car riding. He is secure in a dog seat, lots of breaks. We started out slow with the rides and didn’t just take him to the vet, we also just short rides, parks, and pet stores. 95% of the time we take him with us, but he is not happy about it. He shakes and will ignor me when I talk to him, I can’t seem to convince him that I will not let anything bad happen to him. We love him very much and this just pains me, I hate it when he is sad. Can someone give us some advice? Thank you Jim & Sharon

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Answer by genler100
probaby because he knows that hearing the keys means that you are gng to leave and he doesnt wnt you leave

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Question by Samuel Lann: If you take your toy breed (less than 10 lbs) for a ride in the car, where does he ride?
Back seat?
back floor?
suv cargo area next to the rear hatch?
back of the pickup truck?
front passenger seat?
front passenger floorboard?
on your lap?
on your shoulder?
in a dogseat (like a baby carseat)?
or in a pet taxi (crate)?

i think i covered all reasonable possibilities

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Answer by paapaa
front passenger seat

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Question by thanks to our brave troops,: do you think they should be in carriers?
today i had a driver nearly crash into me because he was trying to get his dog off of his lap,,i know people like to take their pets with them but shouldn;t they be in carriers , i mean we have to wear seat belts or be in car seats what about our pets??

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Answer by furettesouriante
You are so right. What a dangerous thing to be doing! You can get seat belts for dogs if you want it right next to you. If people can go flying thro’ wind screens,so can dogs!

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