My parents' dog is terrified of fireworks and the only thing that helps him is a xanax prescription from his vet.

It's my puppy's first 4th of July so I made sure he had a busy, fulfilling day and I'm getting lots of enrichment activities ready for him to put out when the sun goes down. We've got the windows closed and I'm going to put on music for him. When there are fireworks he and I are going to hang out and play BoomCookie -- he hears a boom, he gets a cookie. Hopefully he'll decide it's not that big of a deal. (But I don't have high hopes because his breed are meant to be watch dogs and he's an alert barker... 😬)

I've heard good things about thundershirts (weighted coats to make them feel cuddled) and happy hoodies (tube hat to cover their ears). My sister tried a thundershirt for her puppy that was afraid of thunder and it helped quite a bit.

back when I had a dog, he didnt do well during fireworks - mostly because he would attack them and obviously that's bad. for about 10 yearrs, from July 2nd - 5th we would go camping... not always to a campground, sometimes out in the wilderness - but basically somewhere that had no explosions. one year we even did the hotel thing just to switch it up.

it's been a few years since he passed, july 4th is probably my least favorite holiday now.

I hate fireworks. It not only distrubs dogs and cats, but PTSD war vets can get spooked. Not only that, but wild animals abandon their babies because they get spooked, then the babies die. It sucks. I have no advice for your pooch. Maybe just try to be with him and comfort him so he knows it's going to be okay.