Neurotic Dog + New Year’s = Vast Quantities of Alcohol Consumed

As mentioned previously, one of my dogs is fucking neurotic. Needless to say, holidays in which people celebrate by creating fake wars¹ are not among her favorite. In fact, she usually spends a several weeks surrounding that holiday² hiding in the basement.

For some reason, she’s obsessed with my bedroom tonight, rather than her basement. She usually hates to be in my room and she’s afraid of my bed. Now she’s spent the last three hours pacing in my room, shaking like a leaf, panting continuously, and (now that people have gone to bed) has passed out on the floor. It’s really a pathetic thing to witness. Worst part is nothing you do can comfort her.

All the while my other dog, Chewbacca, sleeps on.

I really need tranquillizers that will fully knock her for the night out because she just drives herself mad. We’ve tried a over-the-counter type before, but it seemed to make her more scared because she didn’t know what was happening to her.

Anyone else have an animal terrified of fireworks? Any remedies besides drugs? And if drugs are the answer, what knocks out a 70 pound dog?

1. Have you ever listened to fireworks and realized how it sounds like a gun fight? Lovely way to celebrate, right? ↩
2. People in my area go a bit overboard on the pyrotechnics. They go on for months. ↩

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