How to deal with dogs fear of fireworks.?

Do not under any circumstances make a fuss of fear aggressive behaviour, what I mean is this, say for instance your dog throws a wobbly if you try to groom him or clip his nails, do not stroke give treats of any kind with words like 'you poor thing I'm sorry I frightened you here have a biscuit'!! that type of thing, you are only rewarding the dog for this type of behaviour! if the fear is aimed at a particular member of your family, get that person to do everything for the dog, feed/water/exercise etc, if any aggression is made during these times that person must not correct it, another person must (not hitting obviously, that should never be used on any dog) so that the original person is only giving positive things, it will take some time and a lot of patience, but it will work. Good luck I have just read what you have added, my dog only has to see us get a metal tape measure out to measure something and he's off! he doesn't like the noise, nail clippers the same they make a noise, but he is getting better! S L O W L Y

I have 6 dogs and 3 of them are afraid of the same things. If we know ahead of time that these noises are going to be present, like fireworks on the 4th or an up coming thunderstorm, we put the dogs in our laundry room with a radio set at a high enough volume so they can't hear any outside noises. It works every time, no stressed out dogs.

Look up the Thundershirt. Lots of people swear by them, and there's a money-back guarantee if it doesn't work. The large pet stores (and maybe small ones, too) carry all sizes. You can also buy them online, but may be too late to get one?? I got ours at Petsmart, and it does help my dog. There is a medication called Ace that your vet can prescribe, although I always thought my dog was still frightened, but not too able to move. Anyway, if you calll your vet, they may be able to recommend something for your dog. Make sure your dog cannot get out when it is going on, because that is when lots of dogs get lost.

There are non-drug medicines (Kalm Aid in the UK) which work well for events you know will be happening. Rescue Remedy in water - ditto.

There are desensitising CDs that can be used ahead of time too. But for sure, when it comes to firework-time, assuming you know what's going to happen (not always so these days!) make sure you get your dog out to empty well ahead of it all kicking off and then shut the drapes, up the TV a little (remembering that their hearing is more accute than ours) and try not to react to the louder bangs yourself!

My Bassets could care less, but my Whippet is bothered by loud bangs and will lift her head from a sleep to look at me. If I say it's okay, go back to sleep, she does. I have seen a dog reduced to a shivering wreck when the local shoot was out/thunder. And he was a Gundog too! We just had to ignore him, making sure he didn't totally freak out and injure himself. The more we (I'm saying we because I sat these dogs) reacted, the worse he was. Thunder is difficult because they tend to react to the atmospheric pressure changes as much as the noise.

Thunder shirts work really well. You have to put it on BEFORE the dog's afraid. It's a much better alternative to drugging your dog. Also, keep her as far away from fireworks as possible, in a basement if you have one.

Vets do prescribe valium, my dog has to take one when the fireworks are about, check it out on Google and YouTube.

call your vet and see about getting some sedative for her. noise phobia is horrible for many dogs. may as well take the edge off. sedatives won't completely alleviate the anxiety but it will help. then, let her hide. trying to comfort an animal with noise phobia only enhances the fear and anxiety.

The thundershirt works wonders for most of those dogs.

do not take your dog to the fireworks .....wow that was easy