does anyone tranquilize there dog on 4th of july?

[Papercuts]

My dog gets scared from the fireworks, He shakes and pants a lot. Ive only had him a year and last year i was with him on the 4th but this year i want to go out.

I have leftover tranqs I got when I drove across country with him and am thinking of giving him one to relax him then leaving. yay or nay?

[hotmetaldobermans]

haha.

do it.

[the hipoisie]

Go for it. Had to give my old dog tranquilizers for thunderstorms and fireworks. She would get nutso destructive... to the point she wore down/broke all her teeth from chewing on her cage and other things. The pills completely knocked her out.

[ben swift]

from what I know of dog owners, it seems to be fairly common practice.

[andydiesel]

i took a valium.

the dog and cat freaked. first year i've had the cat for the 4th. i had to toss her in a cat carrier cause she tried to kill my dog.

[Andymac]

just another 4th at the house of Sterno.

[Papercuts]

they didnt work, on him. he doesnt tear up things he just shakes a bunch and pants We took him outside during the major fireworks show and he was freaking out. Thought showing him we all live through it would help. didnt.

[ImJustRickG]

We just slip our dogs half a Benadryl each. Takes the edge right off.

[strawberryluna]

my old dog used to shake non-stop and throw up when fireworks went off. which was pretty rough when i lived in a vietnamese neighborhood in south philly, tet fireworks being a 3-4 day long affair all morning-noon-and-night.

benedryl helped, but she was still really scared and barfed. poor things.

[goad74]