Its only Tuesday and my dog is starting to hide.

[milestogo]

I know the fireworks are coming. Last night he hid in the kitchen. I could not hear anything going off, but his ears are a lot better than mine. Its a rough time of year for a lot of pets.

[hauckeye]

1. My dog is scared too, for the last week

She hides behind my recliner and then under the bed when it’s bedtime. Friday will be the worst!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. I know how you feel

My bearded collie has been upset with the thunderstorms. I am not looking forward to this weekend

[niyad]

3. My cat and I have both been stressed since last Friday, despite the fact

fireworks are illegal in the city limits. I must remember to give him his calmative in the evenings until this bs is over. .and to get mine, as well.

[doc03]

4. Someone at the top of the hill about 1/2 mile

away started Saturday night and no doubt will go on Friday and Saturday this week. These aren't your normal fireworks they are like a professional show. They have to spend thousands, I enjoy the show but I have no pets.

[debm55]

11. In our plan , they use cannons to blast them ---even have a Grand Finalle. The police do nothing about it.

[Akoto]

5. I make little forts for my dog and cat...

I'm not sure if they actually feel any safer, but they do hang out in them during the 4th. We give them treats and pets, and honestly, the booming rattles our nerves as much as theirs!

[2MuchNoise]

7. Aw, litte forts. How sweet.

[MIButterfly]

6. I hate firecrackers.

I like fireworks, but not firecrackers. They're so loud and disturbing and those that set them off don't know when to quit. I'm not looking forward to this weekend at all.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. I'm With You

After spending 2 summers consulting on the decommissioning/decontamination an arsenal, firecrackers are not thrilling in any way.
Set off a pit of thirty 105mm rifle shells all at once just once and firecrackers are just silly, dangerous toys.

[Tree Lady]

8. My dog gets worse every year

This year I went to vet and got sedatives.

Hoping they don't set off in morning because we are going to parade at liberal college town. Need some fun it's been such depressing news lately.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. We've Had That Situation

Vincent didn't respond badly the last couple years (He's only 3)
But, we had dogs that were panting wrecks.
To make matters worse, 15-20 years back we had a lunatic neighbor who set off bottlerockets, mortars & screamers on the 4th, plus or minus 4 days.
Drove our dog Walter nuts.

[debm55]

12. We have that too. Years ago , Rich was on Good morning America talking about the dangers on the bottle rockets and

cannons. People don;t care about the dangers and personal damage it can cause. It's just "happy birthday, merica"

[ProfessorGAC]

14. That Same Nut, About 15 Years Ago, Set Off At Least...

...200 bottlerockets and a hundred mortars during a drought!
Scorched grass and bushes in every yard in the neighborhood!
Every morning I was out there picking up fireworks carcasses for a full week.
I actively wished he'd do something drunk & stupid to hurt himself.

[milestogo]

13. There's a time and a place for fireworks.

But residential areas are not the place. And I wish they would limit the time to one week - otherwise it tends to go for 3-4 weeks, any time of day.

And they are dangerous. People lose hands, eyes, fingers, etc. every year.

[ailsagirl]

16. They sure are dangerous-- why the injuries happen every year is a mystery

You'd think people would learn their lesson

[milestogo]

17. There was a man in my city who blew off one of his hands.

He was a dad shooting off fireworks to show his kids on the 4th of July. He went to the ER with the "pieces" but they couldn't put it back together again. He told his story to the newspaper and they have reprinted it several times.

[ailsagirl]

15. My cats aren't too thrilled, either n/t

[Marthe48]

18. We had one dog who chased bottle rockets

We had to keep him in the house if we shot them off. We only got fireworks that one year. My Mom had a place beside ours and she had a St. Bernard that had seizures if there was noise. So we never got in the habit.

Except for that one dog, the other pets we had were scared silly.

[Annie Moosee]

19. Trazodone, valerian root

Call the vets - let them help. And white noise if possible: tv, fans, stereo...

[milestogo]

20. He has a thundershirt and earmuffs.

He also has a crate and trazadone. But usually I don't resort to these until the noise starts. This morning I ran into a neighbor whose dog doesn't want to go outside at all. The dogs seem to be in fear of something we can't detect yet.