Hush puppy!

Our horrible neighbors are lighting cherry bombs and my poor darling baby boy is terribly frightened of the noise. He's trembling and wide-eyed. I've been trying to calm him as best i can and he seems alright now but i did a quick Google on "How to calm your dog" anyway.

Apparently, one of the sure fire ways to calm a dog down is to give him a dose of Benadryl. This method is very effective and with the proper dosage is fine to use but This totally freaked me out anyway. It doesn't seem alright to me to drug your dog/cat without a veterinarian's OK so i skipped this.

Another widely recommended method was to slip a Thundershirt onto your dog's torso. I didn't exactly know what this was but after a quick google it turned out to be this:

Thundershirt

Hmm. I'm pretty certain this is just a clever marketing scheme.A Thundershirt isn't exactly necessary. after a bit more research (read: Google search)  i found out that a nice comfy tee shirt that fits snugly onto your dog's torso works fine too. This works just like a hug and has a calming effect.
  


I noticed that whenever Pumpkin is worried about loud noises, he inches towards the TV. I guess he likes distracting noises just like us humans. It calmed him down to just sit with me and watch me watch TV.

Note: Don't coo and cuddle your dog too much during a scary time. He/She might think this is a good way to gain attention.