How do you help your dog through New Year's Eve?
During New Year's Eve, all the bangs and flashes of fireworks can make your dog anxious. Dogs are scared of loud noises, flashes of light and the burning smell of gunpowder smoke. They experience these as signals that something is wrong and therefore cause fear. This fear can cause your dog to flee or hide. What is the best way to deal with this? How do you ensure that fireworks and dogs go together?
Fireworks and dogs often don't go together, but the following tips may help your dog feel safer?
1. Provide a safe place
Dogs often look for a place where they feel safe. Make sure that not too much changes in this safe environment. You can close the curtains and turn on the television or radio so that your dog hears less of what is happening outside.
2. Distraction
Turning on the television or radio provides distraction. You can also distract your dog by giving them a bone or a (food) toy. Then they are less concerned with the bangs and flashes outside.
3. Make tired
Take an extra long walk with your dog on New Year's Eve in a quiet place where (almost) no fireworks are being set off. You can also play with him. This way you tire your dog out nicely for the party.
4. Ensure as little change as possible
Dogs are creatures of habit, so it is best to try to keep things the same as much as possible. It is therefore best to leave your dog at home or take it to an address that is already known. Routine gives dogs a sense of control. If you are calm yourself and do not show that something is wrong, your dog will sense this and will also feel safer. Give your dog attention when he asks for it, but do not give him more attention than normal. This will give the dog the feeling that something is wrong.
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