Dog Tips: How to Deal With Your Pooches During Holiday Fireworks

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New years eve is fast approaching and this is the time to make some loud noises and have some firework displays. However this may terrify and can cause great fear on your pooches, some will try to run away that may lead to serious injuries.

So I'll give you some tips on how to deal with your dog's fear in fireworks.

• Settle your dog early- few hours before the new year countdown prepare your pooches first, make some active exercises before the fireworks starts and since they will get tired and hungry you can feed them their meal, in that way your pooches will be more prone to drowsiness and will get to sleep. They will become less sensitive with the noise of the fireworks.
• Do not ease frighten dogs- Some owners tend to soothe and comfort their pooches when they see fear in their dogs faces. According to my research, this will just increase and reinforce their fear.
• Be in control- stay calm when you see and hear fireworks. Stimulate a calm spirit in you but if you fail to do this, when your jumping and shouting out loud when you see fireworks, this may just feed your dog's fear. Try to instill in your minds that our pooches are observing our body languages.
• Prepare your houses- if you're out in your homes, you should prepare it before you leave. Make a cool hiding place for your dogs and if possible close the blinds in your houses. If you have music players or television for your pooches try to turn it on so that they will change their attention and they may get distracted with the fireworks' loud sounds. Also bring with them their favorite toys or your clothes with your scent on them, foods ,and liquids.
• Bring your pooches in your Vets- for some serious cases, if your dogs have severe phobia in fireworks you should bring them to your Vets for some medications.  

Have a meaningful and fruitful new year avid readers. Happy new year! God bless us all!