They have no idea what's going on

You know when dog has no idea what's happening when thunder happens? Take that but louder and more sustained on one day a year when we "celebrate" this "country."

I'm also not 7 years old anymore

The awe of fireworks faded by the time I turned 35, when my bed habits went from “I’m good to stay up till 3 with no ill effects on my sack of bones” to “I hope the new episode of 90 Day Fiancé gets uploaded to Max by 8:49pm because that’s when I’ll be in bed.”

They're our dogs!

Whether it's going camping in the boonies, zooting them up, huddling under a bunch of covers while they go apeshit on some peanut butter Kongs or food puzzles, or just hanging out wherever they decide to weather the storm, it is our collective duty to make July 4th better for our dogs.

6.1 / 10

Maybe if things felt worth celebrating I'd feel slightly different, but wow it's a lot of work to protect our pups for the noise barrage. Still, the privilege of being their protectors is worth a positive note as we hunker down. At least there's hot dogs.