Cesar Milan, dog trainer and host of the National Geographic Channel’s "Dog Whisperer" show, says getting a dog ready for fireworks can take months. At Behave Canine Solutions, a company that offers dog training classes in the Portland area, dogs in the Puppy Preschool program spend a day training for fireworks. The dog is conditioned when it stops exhibiting signs of anxiety – panting, drooling, pacing – and it’s comfortable when the recording can be played loudly, said Pam Reid, who works with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to educate pet owners and professionals. If owners find themselves unprepared on the holiday, they should forget the fireworks and concentrate on the dog, Milan said. Milan also said scared pets – not animals that already have been traumatized by fireworks – can be calmed with pheromone-mimicking scents. read more

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