Happy Holiday Weekend, everyone in the USA!
Tips & Tricks to stay calm during noisy outbursts AKA fireworks!
Fireworks video courtesy of pexels.com
Hey, Olaf and Henry here. We are April's dogs. Now, neither of us much like fireworks. Seems some humans love 'em. The fireworks would be okay if they weren't so noisy and sudden.
We like surprises but not such noisy ones. Our human doesn't really like surprises much at all. Apparently when our human mummy was a little kid, most of her surprises were not very nice. Even now, she warns people to never surprise her. She admonishes, “Don't even think about lurking behind a corner and jumping out.”
Once, we heard her tell a story of some guy she was dating. He snuck up behind her. The guy thought it would be funny to put his hand over her mouth. Instantly, our human elbowed him so hard in the ribs, that she cracked a couple of his ribs. She also bit his hand, and almost drew blood.
Our stance on that is: serves the idiot right. Who thinks it's funny to sneak up behind someone and gag 'em? Don't surprise our human.
Anyway, that's how we feel about fireworks. Our human mummy doesn’t want us cracking any ribs and certainly not biting anyone. Here is what our mummy does to help us stay calm and feel safe during the silly human noisy explosions:
She puts us in a room, with all our favorite stuff (ex. toys, blankets, even a bully stick or two). She turns on soft music. Then, she usually sits with us, in case we get extra startled. We both love that part. She reassures us that all will be well, and she's here for us. We know that we can get through it, and everything will be okay in the morning.
That's our message to you.
Even if you are having a hard time. All will be well.
You might want to sit in a safe room, listen to soft music, with someone you love to reassure you that things will be okay. If you don't have all that, please trust us, you can get through it.
With support, courage, and love,
Olaf and Henry
PS Our mummy is working on a new water feature in the front yard. So, Henry grabbed our garden watering can and tried to help her with it:
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