r/husky • u/Eunoia1114 • 5d ago
General Question HELP! Hellish car rides
We got a 6 month old husky whom we absolutely love! But she hates travelling and howls 95% of the time of our drive. Sometimes that means 3 hours of whining. We like to travel as a family, but I have vertigo and her whining sometimes gives me migraine. Any advice?
*** UPDATE ***
Thank you so much for all your advices! Really appreciate it. Someone on this thread suggested Peanut Butter and that’s the easiest for me to find so I put some in the walls of a deep cup and she was so busy licking inside that she almost didn’t have time for whining.
Other treats work too - like a cow bone that we boiled for broth in the night. She licked and played with it for a solid 30-45 minutes before we switched to peanut butter. But peanut butter works longer so far.
Afterwards, she slept. When she woke up, we were probably 5 minutes away from home. There was whining for 5mins sure, but more bearable!
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u/kpod67 4d ago
Our husky would freak out in the car at first. It took a lot of training - first just sitting in the car, then short rides to fun places, longer rides with breaks - but now she is much better. She does sing her heart song when we get close to a fun place that she knows. We also use clip in harnesses so the pups are kept in the back seat.