How to reduce stress in pets?

This stress on pets is our problem during the New Year's eve. The custom in Metro Manila is the use of firecrackers and fireworks to welcome the new year. Even a few days before January 1, the sound of firecrackers is already getting common.

Firecrackers are anathema to dogs who suffer undue stress when exposed to explosions. If not remedied, the dog may die. Our youngest dog, the 3-year old Barbie the pekingese, urinates involuntarily when the firecrackers are excessive and there are times she poops without warning, evidently out of stress. So what we do is to corral them inside the bedroom and turn on the tv with a loud volume (or a blaring radio) otherwise our 3 dogs might get sick.