Happy 4th of July

Same for our 14-year-old dog. Thunder and fireworks go basically unnoticed.

 

I don’t mind giving everyone an hour to go nuts one day a year, but the assholes that keep launching them off days before and days after are the ones I dislike.

 

The older and smaller of our two dogs, a 9-year-old Sheltie, freaks out every time there's a loud and sudden noise — fireworks, thunder, garbage truck loading, gun shots (we live outside the city limits and people are always taking target practice, particularly when they get new guns for Christmas). We bought him a "Thunder Shirt," which is supposed to gently constrict the area around the dog's chest and lower his heart rate, but it doesn't really work that well. We also keep veterinary tranquilizers on-hand to give him when the storms/fireworks get really bad. He's so high-strung that when it starts raining — even if there's no thunder — he'll start pacing the floor with his tongue hanging out panting.

The other dog, a 7-year-old Sheltie/rough collie mix, isn't really bothered that badly by thunder on most occasions, but can't stand the fireworks. Let me tell you, you haven't lived until a 50-pound dog jumps up on your back after you've just drifted off to sleep because the redneck neighbors are continuing to pop firecrackers.

 

This dude looks like he answered a casting call for "drunken redneck":



7 hurt, 1 charged with DUI in wreck at fireworks show

 

Holy snap. There is a Bojangles now.
Spent the evening at my brother's house, where we found a 6-foot oak snake in the greenhouse and then my best friend's neighborhood, where the neighbors pool together to shoot fireworks. Life in a small town.

 

DIY fireworks show?