NYE With a Dog Afraid of Fireworks

This was our New Year’s Eve: 1) The most gorgeous sunset of the year out our front door! #nofilter

2) Bailey is my 1st dog TERRIFIED of fireworks (& thunder.) We don’t know what trauma she experienced before rescue, but we knew after Thanksgiving (yes, Texans shoot off fireworks for *everything* :-D) that our NYE would be at home holding her. ❤️ Our fireworks started as I took that sunset pic...and went for seven full hours. :-D Check out our adorable tiny NYE hats!!!

Bailey stopped quivering pretty quickly & really just wanted to be held. She was totally fine as long as I was with her. Texas at-home fireworks are unlike anything anywhere else - imagine the big fireworks at your local small town 4th of July celebration growing up; now fire those out of each neighbor’s yard, usually one neighbor at a time for ~5 min each (b/c everyone enjoys everyone’s) from sunset until ~12:45. It’s AWESOME!!!!! (NYE lasts the longest, b/c it gets dark before 6 PM instead of 9 & people purposely stay up past midnight = 7 hours of action. July 4th & other holidays are usually just 9-11 PM.) The air literally still smelled like smoke this morning when I went to go teach PiYo at 8:30! :-D Bailey did NOT want to go out there this morning; but she never ran, hid, or cried last night - just stuck like glue to my lap. ❤️ Here’s to progress! :-P