How did your dogs do around fireworks? - Page 2

Wow for you guys!
I gotta be honest.......a couple of mine really don't like them.  They bark if they are outside as the fire works go off!....
I have only noticed it in the dogs that have been imported......?....the ones born here.....no.

Mine don't even turn an ear.

If we have them somewhere, where there are firecrackers going off, they're more interested in people watching and eventually just plop down and go to sleep.

Mine dont bother at all, obviously 4th July isnt celebrated with them but we have Asian weddings approx 40 weekends out of the year (I live very close to a large Pakistani community), plus bonfire night over here tends to last for over a month and New Years Eve they are going off. In fact I like it in Oct/Nov as I can walk my dogs in peace in the evenings with no latchkey dogs roaming the streets. The only time I have had a dog uncertain around them was a blind dog I had in the early 90's.

Anubis couldn't care less with the ones we've been around already.  Considering a month ago a lightning bolt hit a power line 10 feet above us and he only looked for a second and kept playing with his toys....nothing phases this dog anymore. I think a bomb could go off and he wouldn't care.

oh boy,
both my guys are very good sound minded not affraid of the fireworks.
my female, i have to watch cause if we lite some fire works she wants to eat them, its funny but not really.

our dogs are accustomed to very loud noise on a regular basis:
30.06, .223,5.56, 12ga., .44 magnum etc etc etc.
pjp

My female looks around intently, "where is that coming from, what is it, I want to know everything about it" type of look.  No fear, just that alert look that she always has.  My male looks up the first time, then goes back to what he is doing and pays no more attention to it.  I have had dogs that showed aggression.  I could not throw fire crackers around them as they would try and catch them.  It made them angry and they wanted to kill that thing.  I liked this, but will settle for anything but fear.

  For any out there with pups, make sure you keep them away from dogs that are afraid, they will pick it up instantly.  Also, do not baby them if they do show fear.  Ignore it and distract them with their favorite passtime.  I believe a dog can be free of fear, but under the wrong circumstances can pick it up later in life.  Maybe not all dogs, but some for sure if not watched.  Some guns like a .25 auto can be very piercing to a dogs ears if fired to close for example.  I never assume that they are solid and cannot be affected negatively under enough negative stimuli.  Every 4th I like to watch them a little, as well as throughout the year in training or just to see where they are at, never hurts.

My GSD pup completely ignores it. Of my 2 rescue dogs, one of them also totally ignores it, but the other paces and whines until it's over.