Are your dogs afraid of loud noises from fireworks? (Tips)

I'm really glad to read this because the "do not comfort" rule is so counter-intuitive for me (and probably for others also.) Of course, that is the first thing I would rush to do! is comfort and console an animal who acts frightened. But it makes perfect sense that that only reinforces the sense of real danger. Calm and neutral is the way to go, I guess.

I live on property where the owner has two little dogs - they are chihuahuas or chihuahua mix of some kind. And they do tend to be as excitable as little dogs can be! Last summer he set off a barrage of fireworks at his house that was so loud I had a hard time enduring it myself. I wondered about his dogs (and I confess I did not ask!) but it may very well be they have been desensitized in exactly this way.

Thanks very much for the information.