Silent Fireworks Please

It’s reported that Americans will spend over $2.3 billion on fireworks this Fourth of July. I suggest that the fireworks manufacturers should give 10% of their profits for anti-anxiety meds for our dogs.

I don’t know anyone’s dogs who like fireworks. Shay is a quivering mess and it is not even dark yet. Some nimrod is setting off firecrackers on the street behind us. I really don’t know the appeal of fireworks that just make noise. Sparkle and glitter is wonderful, but why do we need explosions? And explosions alone… it’s just cruelty to dogs.

I can’t speak to cats. I feel like they can act disinterested, even if they are nervous wrecks. The sweetness of dogs makes them feel all the scary feelings that fireworks bring. Let’s not even get into the veterans with PTSD who might not like explosions.

So I am starting a campaign to get rid of the sound in fireworks. Who is with me? I’m not sure who the regulator is for them, but no one is enforcing the no fireworks rule in municipalities where they exist. I think most fireworks are made in China. Let’s get the conspiracy theorists in on taking the sound out of fireworks because they might be some communist plot to take down America by scaring our dogs. We are after all a country that loves dogs.

Let’s make July Fourth Happy for the whole family.