I hope all these people all over the country crying about their trembling dogs would remember that we have service members with PTSD or other flashbacks who have problems on the 4th with all the booming fireworks and flashes.

I was at an event back in the late 1990s at which some giant stage flashpots boomed with flashes of silver light like a sparkler the size of a telephone pole. Multiple times. Friend of mine who served in Vietnam had to be helped out because it scared the chit out of him. Another one couldn't attend because he'd been told of the stage show beforehand.

Precious snookums wookums puppywuppy furbaby child ain't the only one who has issues with all these fireworks every year.