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Hi, I just picked up John Wayne, a tripawd Australian Cattle Dog, from the Bozeman, Montana shelter. Fine fellow...we are having fun in our first two days together. But, we need your help please. We have gone driving a few times, to a few parks, etc. and he gets terrible motion sickness, throwing up the contents of his stomach. With snow on the ground, bumps and more, are more pronounced, making his dilemma pretty bad. Yesterday we drove from Livingston to Bozeman and back, and he threw up not only solids, but water too. We are supposed to head back home, to Oregon, on Friday or Saturday...but I need to help him feel comfortable during the long drive. I bought digestive enzymes and have added them to his food. The shelter had him on Science Diet (which I will change when we get home). He has been given some treats, which I put an end to until we get this problem solved. I am thinking since he has only been a tripawd three months, and this venture with me is his first time in a car as a tripawd, the issue is getting the balance mastered. It makes sense he is wobbly. Please suggest ways to help him (would riding in a crate help, as I am driving a truck and have one I could put together for him to ride in, rather than have the entire back seat to himself)? Thanks very much. Happy New Year. And, of course photos of John Wayne forthcoming, once we get home.