Maybe the Fourth of the July isn't your favorite holiday. Familial or social obligations commit you to preparing potato salad and finger Jell-O for a cookout that you'd prefer not to attend.
Or maybe you live near a popular viewing site for the Fourth of July fireworks program, and you resent people sneaking in your background to urinate to relief themselves of beverage indulgence at their cookouts.
Perhaps you bristle when you hear neighbors lighting firecrackers, which are banned in many local municipal jurisdictions.
However much you may dislike the Fourth of July, chances are that your pet despises the pyrotechnics more than you. The stands opened for business today, which means they'll be no peace in the Rainier Valley. Your dog may howl at the loud bangs -- that sometimes last 1 am or 2 am. Some run away in attempt to escape the noise.
The Associated Press offered an article a couple years ago that provided tips to help calm your dog or cat -- and what steps to take if your pet turns up missing during the holidays:
If your dog goes missing, contact the local animal shelters:
- Seattle Animal Shelter, (206) 296-7387 (PETS): http://www.seattle.gov/animalshelter/Default.asp
- PAWS in Lynnwood, (425) 787-2500; http://www.paws.org/
- King County Animal Care and Control, (206) 296-0100;
http://www.kingcounty.gov/safety/animalservices.aspx - Seattle Humane Society of Seattle/King County, (425) 641-0080; http://www.seattlehumane.org
- Pierce County Animal Control,
(253) 798-7387 (PETS); http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/abtus/ourorg/aud/animalservices.htm - Snohomish County Animal Care, (425) 257-6000; http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Auditor/Divisions/Licensing/Pet/LostOrFoundPets.htm
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