It was nice having my neighbors go all out and have the amazing fireworks display tonight that honestly is on par with what some municipalities put on although the “bangs” aren’t quite as loud as but the displays and colors are amazing. Unfortunately hairy doesn’t appreciate them. She disappeared around 8pm finally found her in a closet she found open. She will cautiously come out during the pauses of explosions then turn around and run back in when they start again. I reminded her it’s only once a year, didn’t seem to matter.
Our dogs are not phased at all with fireworks, thunderstorms, etc. I guess we are lucky in that way, but none of our dogs have ever had issues with this.
We've had sets of fireworks this year so far, so Victoria Day on May24, and Canada Day on July 1. There were two fireworks displays going on simultaneously on July 1, both done by people in the community and both like your example - done to the point of being professional certainly (we always donate to the guys that do these) and they lasted about 45 minutes each. We took the dogs out to watch - they were fine.
Zelda is on the mend. The vet drained and cleaned out the ear flap and sutured it closed very thoroughly to ensure that it doesn't fill up again. They left some holes for drainage, which stopped after a few days. The sutures need to stay in place for a few weeks, but apparently this procedure is very effective. As you can see, she's an amazing patient, and tolerates absolutely anything. No Elizabethan collar needed, let's go for a walk, Dad! I don't know if she'll hold that ear up again, so now she'll be a flop-eared, snaggletoothed, gray-face. 😉
