Playing with cars

Another session with the car today for Sienna.

Love this – the kennel manager gave up his lunch (ham) to help Sienna enjoy being in the car. How lovely is that!

No cushions today – straight in.  Lots of repetitions jumping in and out of the car, then closing the boot, opening it – repeat!

We decided she was ready for a really short drive round the block. These are not the best photographs, but the car was moving.

The lead is looped over the car guard purely to make it easier to safely get her out of the car.  At one point during the brief journey she lay down and her body language was very relaxed.

This was a really short drive as we need it to remain positive.  I managed to take a rather wobbly video clip as we headed back.  You can see her perform several lip licks and near the end she starts to pant heavily.

We discovered the reason for the panting when we got her out of the car – she was sick. The length of journey will need to be built up very slowly to avoid sickness or this will set her back.

Sienna then had a nice relaxed sniffy walk before jumping into the back seats of my car and going back to her kennel to relax.