FIREWORKS GALORE

As promised I'm back with my report on the fireworks.....first let me tell you a little about our dog, Nika....she's a 12 year old German Shepherd who is scared to death of fireworks and thunderstorms...hmmm, guess you know where I'm going with this. Anyway, on the 4th of July we gave her a half of a doggie tranquilizer that our vet had given us for her....she remained calm and we even were able to take her outside while the fireworks from our street were going on...they were very nice, but nothing specatular or loud..so the on the 4th all was well....on the 5th of July was another entirely different story. We went up to my son and daughter in laws home as they were having a gathering for family and friends and setting off fireworks as well as our towns fireworks. Did we give Nika a tranquilizer? No, we thought she'd be ok ...... we weren't going to be that long, plus we kept the air conditioner on and the fans going and figured she wouldn't hear the outside noise that much...... The fireworks were spectacular, my son really outdid himself...and they lasted and lasted and we stayed much longer than we anticipated...

When we came in the door we noticed things knocked off the end table, but no big deal.... cleaned it up then we went to bed!!!!! Thats when things got a little messy....apparently Nika needed her "PaPa" and layed on his side of the bed (she had neva gotten on the bed before to our knowledge) and PEED, and PEED, and PEED!!!!!!! Needless to say there was work to be done, and no sleeping on the bed that night! Today my clothes line is full of sheets, blanket, mattress pads and pillow cases...and on top of all that ITS GOING TO RAIN.... Happy 6th of July fellow readers!!!!!