A pet dog gun disturbed in drive (3-2-3-2)
I believe the answer is:
get-up-and-go
'drive' is the definition.
(get-up-and-go is a kind of drive)
'a pet dog gun disturbed' is the subsidiary indication.
'disturbed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'pet'+'dog'+'gun'='apetdoggun'
'apetdoggun' is an anagram of 'getupandgo'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for get-up-and-go that I've seen before include "Vim" , "'pizazz'" .)