Remember, fireworks cause loud booms that could terrify your pets and cause them to hide or flee.
In the past 65 years the ONLY dog I ever had that didn’t hide from the noise was my Golden, Baron. He’d accompany me every year as I took in my fill of endless fireworks displays and calmly sit by my side without so much as a flinch. But he was the one in a million exception.
My childhood dog would run and burrow herself as deep under my brother’s bed as she could until well after the noise stopped.
My MiSun, whom I’ve had since she was 8 weeks old started showing fear about 3 years ago. Now she begins crying at the first faint sound of a distant show in another town and I turn the tv on to drown out the noise and distract her.
In recent years, backyard shows have become more prevalent and begin weeks before the Fourth of July and continue until about the 15th. People are fireworks crazy around New Year’s Day, too so I always have to be ready to protect my girl.
As a local entity, people with fearful pets confidently turned to Orange Live as a resource to help locate their pets when they ran in fear during fireworks displays or thunderstorms. Our success rate at helping find these pets, even a month later stands at about 85%. The sooner we were notified the faster the community response, and better the chance of locating the pet quickly.
When Orange Live went through a re-design this year, we eliminated 8 years of archived stories and photos so you can no longer see how many runaway pets we’ve helped reunite with their families, especially during the Fourth of July holiday.
What To Do If Your Pet Goes Missing
If your pet goes missing, IMMEDIATELY TEXT a description (and Photo) time and location last seen and your contact information to 203-506-1747 and Orange Live will get to work getting the word out on Twitter, Facebook, and of course our site. Orange residents are incredible when it comes to helping search for (and locate) missing pets.
As a backup, you also may e-amail this information to orangectlive01@gmail.com
CALL and leave a voicemail, too, that way, If I am out of town or away from my computer or in a spotty internet location I can make an effort to find a location in which to fulfill my promise to help as quickly as possible.
When your pet is back with you PLEASE let us know right away, so we can let everyone else know, too.
Remember, Orange’s Fireworks will be on July 9, but surrounding communities and many backyard cowboys are setting them off already and will continue to do so for the next week or more.
Independence Day is the best time to remind everyone that we are willing to offer our help