We have two kinds of dogs in our household. Those that love to ride in the car and those that hate to ride in the car and get sick. Our Dalmatian, Kiva, loves to ride in the car more than she loves to eat steak and will literally howl at the kitchen window if she sees me drive off without her. But our boxer/bulldog mix, Joey, lays in the back of the station wagon and gets sick just about every time he is taken for a ride or has to go with us on a trip. We often gave him small doses of Dramamine and didn't feed him before we had to put him in the car to go on trips.

Now there is hope for many pets that experience motion sickness and vomiting while riding in a car. The FDA, Food and Drug Administration, said the drug, Cerenia, is the first to prevent and treat vomiting in dogs. When used in tablet form, the drug can prevent vomiting associated with motion sickness. The drug also can prevent and treat acute vomiting due to chemotherapy, parvovirus, kidney disease, pancreatitis and other causes. This is great news for Joey.