I'm not big on the 4th of July for the simple reason that people in the neighborhood are continually shooting off fireworks for days... and they absolutely terrorize many animals... including my pups. They were both shaking for days. We had to cover the windows, turn up the music... and give them some sedatives a couple of times. It was even worse this year; we were out of time visiting the older daughter in New Jersey and my brother had to stay with the pups... and I had to give him their sedatives.