Poor Dogs!!

Poor Dogs!!

Imagine that you are in a room - all is quiet - you may even be sleeping which is what you do most of the day and suddenly without warning - BAM!! POW!!CRACK!!KABOOM!! then it's quiet again for about 5 minutes and then again - BAM!! POW!!CRACK!!KABOOM!! and then it's quiet again for about 5 minutes and this repeats over and over all throughout the night and sometimes a leftover loud CRACK! even happens the next day periodically.  You have no idea what the heck is making all that sudden loud noise, you just know it scares the you know what out of you each time it happens and then you do what comes naturally, you race around, bark, growl and huff and puff your angst and displeasure.  Poor dogs!!

July 4th plays havoc on our poor dog, Daisy.  Maggie could care less.  But Daisy takes these sudden loud bursts of noise very seriously and so for her, the 4th of July fireworks are absolutely not fun or beautiful or spectacular.  They are very stressful.  Poor dog!!

But Daisy is not alone in her anxiety over the 4th of July fireworks.  My husband heard on the news that the 4th of July and the day after is the busiest time of the year for animal shelters.  Dogs get so frightened by the fireworks noise that they go tearing out of their homes and yards often getting lost or injured or worse.  Who can blame them, they don't know what's going on.

We typically stay home on the 4th because we know how the noise affects Daisy.  She stays pretty close to us most of the evening or comes running to one of us, usually me, when the fireworks go off.  Perhaps instinctively she knows we will protect her.  Or maybe she thinks she needs to protect us from whatever loud monster "thing" might be coming our way.

Today is July 6th and we still heard a few loud cracks of fireworks going off in the neighborhood.  I am sure the same thing was happening all across America.  And poor Daisy and I am sure many other dogs, went bananas, with each CRACK!.  I do not begrudge anyone their celebration of the 4th of July, it is indeed a day to celebrate freedom and independence - both things we as a country and as a people are privileged to enjoy.  But I sure do wish the fireworks part of the celebrating could just be kept to one day - for the sake of the poor dogs!!

Just sayin' !