My Dog has No Fears on the Fourth—or will she?

For the first time in well over a decade, I don’t own a dog who is afraid of fireworks. Buffy, my 9-year-old cocker spaniel, did not follow in the footsteps of my other dogs, whose worst nightmare was the Fourth of July. Buffy is now an only dog after we lost Chipper in November. Dogs … Read more

Chipper’s almost Immune to the Sound of Fireworks

Chipper is my success story.

He’s become almost immune to the sound of fireworks.

Last year he slept at my feet through the grand finale, less than a mile away.  I remember sitting in front of the computer with a 20-inch box fan set at high speed to make my upstairs office more comfortable in the heat.   Sure, the sound of the fan helped dim the sound a bit, but not by much.

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