We got a rescue dog just over 2 weeks ago. He was born in a rescue centre in Romania and he, his mother and surviving siblings were subsequently brought to this country and to another rescue place. Mother and siblings were quickly rehomed, but our new dog, Sammy, was not, I think because he is very shy and didn't really take to being visited and inspected and just didn't 'sell himself' to people looking to rehome a dog.
Anyway, just over 2 weeks ago we brought him home. The whole idea of living in a house took a while because he was used to living in a kennel outside, but he has come on in leaps and bounds. I think in a way it is helpful that he is a bit institutionalised - he likes routine - he knows he goes to bed to sleep at night, and he knows he will get a walk first thing, so that is when he can do his wees and poos, so we have had no mess in the house, which astonished me.
Anyway, buoyed up with how positive things have been so far, we decided today to take him to the beach. This involved a car journey - we have an estate car and he and our other dog were together in the boot. We didn't hear one sound from either dog, but when we got to the beach and opened the boot it was clear that Sammy had been sick, possibly twice because it was at both ends of the boot. He then proceeded to have a lovely time at the beach - he discovered The Sea, which first of all was scary because it moved and was unpredictable, but then he decided it was fun, and the beach had the added advantage that it was full of dogs and doggy people.
So then we had the journey home - again, at the other end there was vomit in the car boot. Sammy is just over a year old and has spent his entire life in a rescue before coming to us - is the car sickness thing likely to be because he has not been in a car much before, or is it something we should be looking into, does anyone know?