How can you keep your dog safe on 4th of July weekend this year? Being on the weekend makes the holiday all the more difficult for anyone or creature who has a fear of all the noise. We dread this holiday every year not only because Bailie is terrified, but none of us can sleep with the fireworks going off half the night. Fireworks are sold on every corner and on the 5th, the leftovers are on sale so the boomers will go on for weeks around here.
Did you know lost pets increased by some thirty percent on the 4th of July? Animal shelters fill fast after the 4th with lost pets. It is very sad, but what can you do to keep your pup safe?
Make Sure Your Dog Has ID
When dogs get scared they will often run. Keep your dog inside during fireworks. Even a dog who never leaves her yard may climb a fence or dart over an electric boundary in an effort to get away from the noise.
Be sure your dog is microchipped and your contact information is up to date. Put a collar with an ID tag on your pup as well.
Stay Home With Your Dog
Dogs feel best when they are with their people. If you don’t have to be gone, stay home to keep your dog safe on the 4th of July weekend. Even if your pup is hiding under a pillow or in a closet, they do feel better knowing you are there. Some dogs may become destructive out of fear as well and staying home will help keep that to a minimum.
If you stay home and set off your own fireworks, keep your dog in the house. Fireworks are dangerous for humans and for dogs. You don’t want your do to be injured from fireworks gone bad.
Give Your Dog A Safe Place
Create a lot of noise in your house to help drown out all the boomers. Leave lots of lights on so the flashing doesn’t startle your dog. If your dog will eat, give her treats or something like a frozen Kong to work on. Try CBD oil if the fear is fairly mild. Bailie is such a mess, even knock out tablets don’t help.
Our best advice is to get out of town to the middle of nowhere to find some peace and quiet. We can’t get away, so we will do our best to try to keep calm and safe in the house. If you must set off fireworks, be considerate and don’t do it every night until all hours. Many people need to get to bed early for work and other reasons. Have a safe and fun weekend!
Great tips. Thank you for sharing. I will be inside with my dogs. They do not like fireworks. Have a wonderful day.
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We will all be up trying to survive until they stop shooting off all the fireworks.
we hope all will have a good independence day… and no one has to worry….
We will have some sleepless nights for sure which is a bummer.
Thank you for the reminders. My sister Puffin is a mess during fireworks season. We live in the middle of a fireworks arsenal. Mom bought her a thunder shirt and some drops. Hugs to Bailie. XOXO Sparkle
Nothing helps Bailie. She will be up, pacing, shaking and drooling for the next few nights.
Our precious Angel Little Bit hated fireworks and we used to go to the boat where it was quiet. Then they brought the fireworks to the marina and it wasn’t safe there anymore. So we stayed home with her. She hated every minute and we were with her every minute. Great advice.
They’re selling fireworks here and last night we were hearing them for quite some time. Sigh.
Have a fabulous day and weekend. Scritches to the precious pups. ♥
We won’t get much sleep starting tonight. Poor Bailie will be a huge wreck. It’s sad people can’t just do it on the 4th and let it be.
We hate the fireworks as much as you do and sadly you are right that they will be going off for many days.
It’s so inconsiderate as many people have to get up early to work but the fireworks seem to be most important.
We sure don’t like fireworks and since they’re legal here they’ll go on night after night after night.
Same here. They used to be illegal. Not sure why they need to be legal when so many towns and cities have their own shows.
We are hoping for a misty rainy night….thanks for the great tips!
We always hope for that too, but then they do it all on other nights.
They should make fireworks illegal
They used to be illegal here, but a while back, they made them legal. No point to it.
None of us in this house likes fireworks.
They really are a bad thing.
Hi Girls – the Boys and I are coming back to Blogville this weekend. We too are home hermits during the 4th of July weekend celebrations. My anniversary is on the 3rd and we hat gone out for dinner in years (12 to be exact) because we don’t want to leave the Boys home alone.
We also will have to endure weeks of noise. Not a fan…
So ridiculous really to go on and on for days and weeks. Mom can’t be away at night for a while either.
We’ve got it covered here. It used to be quiet up here, even on the 4th, but I think some new people moved in nearby last year who enjoy fireworks. Since it’s supposed to rain every night over the weekend, I hope that keeps them indoors! Luke is not a fan either, so we’ll be home with him to help as much as we can.
Rain only postpones the inevitable it seems. We just don’t see the point of making all that noise.
Love the photos. Very good advice – especially if you get out of town with the dogs. Lost dogs in strange places often end Tragically.
It’s a dangerous weekend, so we hope people will take extra care to keep their pups safe.
Great advice. With our fire danger, all fireworks are canceled. Our biggest fear is some random person playing with firecrackers starting a big fire.
We have a drought here too and they are warning people about how fast a grass fire can start. Hopefully people will be careful.
Have a safe and happy 4th. We’re trying a new homeopathic remedy (Phosphorus 30) that is supposedly better than CBD for tough cases. 🤞🏼I’m hopeful it makes a difference. Hate seeing the dogs suffer during fireworks/thunderstorm season.
Bailie is a real mess and nothing seems to help. It is really tough for her.
You are preaching to the choir here, i am one of those who has to get up early the next morning and get to work. How i wish people would be more considerate.
Not only do i worry about the pets that hate the noise, i feel awful for the veterans who have PTSD that is triggered by this stuff. My eldest daughter has a friend like that, it is so hard.
It is just ridiculous to have all the noise. We could live with the night of the 4th for an hour or so, but for weeks at all hours of the night is just wrong.