The huge 4th of July celebration is over.
We started our day downtown watching Port Washington's short (and I do mean short!) parade. The high school band with pom pom girls, the city band, a few fire trucks, two church groups, a few cars with the mayor and a few other dignitaries and lots of kids on their red-white-and-blue decorated bikes. A real small town tradition.
Then back home to watch some of the festivities in the park from the comfort of our deck. The contest to determine the best bike decor, a watermelon seed spitting contest and an all afternoon cover band playing the oldies. The weather was perfect for all the family fun!
We enjoyed Wisconsin brats, potato salad and ice cream covered in blueberries and strawberries for dinner......another salute to summer traditions.
And then we buckled down to wait for the fireworks that would go off over Coal Dock Park. We closed windows and turned up the television. All because of our little four-footed-family-member who is terrified of thunder and fireworks. His thundershirt doesn't help....and now Fenway is on drugs to ease his anxiety. They don't seem to help at all.
With the first boom he is shaking and drooling and will not be comforted. He won't come to sit on a lap or let us hug him. He won't hide under the bed. He won't find some way to relax. He just shakes....and looks miserable. And it's getting worse as he gets older.
We know he's "just a dog"....but it makes us so sad to see him so upset.
Poor little guy......he suffers and we feel bad for him. So we don't really enjoy the fireworks part anymore.....we've seen plenty of displays over the years. Maybe next year we can drive somewhere to the middle of nowhere and find the quiet instead. Then again I just saw a post about a city in Italy that passed a law saying fireworks must be silent to protect pets and wildlife.
Maybe we'll move......
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