 - Keep fresh water available for your pet at all times.
- To avoid motion sickness, feed your pet lightly four to six hours before departure, about one third of the normal amount. Save the remainder for after you've reached your destination.
- Make frequent stops, no more than four hours apart, to stretch and allow your pet to relieve itself and have a drink of water.
- Don't let your pet ride with its head out the window (or in a pickup truck bed). Even though they love their ears flapping in the breeze, litter, gravel, debris and other flying objects could cause injury. So can sudden stops and traffic maneuvers, or an accident.
- Be sure your pet is leashed before opening the vehicle door.
- Obey all leash laws and keep your pet on a leash or in its carrier at all times when not secure in a vehicle or room. Pets running loose in rest areas can get involved in fights with other animals, become lost, or run into traffic.
- Clean up after your pet.
- Never leave animals in a parked car, even if the windows are down. Even on pleasant days the temperature inside can soar to 100°F in less than 10 minutes, threatening your pet with heatstroke. Also, if left alone, your pet could become a target for theft.
- If you have to leave your car for any length of time and cannot bring your pet, contact a local kennel or veterinarian to board your pet at an hourly or daily rate.
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