Fireworks

[MomofHowie2016]

Hi, I am fairly new to these boards. I now have Howie, age 7 years, after his dad, my boyfriend, passed away in January. I have had Howie since the end of October when his dad went to the hospital. I was with him when he went to a Miniature Schnauzer breeder, in Columbus, Ohio, and came home with Howie. So I’ve been with Howie from day one. I have always had dogs and currently have a Maltese and, now, Howie. How do Schnauzers react to fireworks? I formerly had a Standard Poodle that was very sensitive/scared of fireworks. It was so bad, I had to give her medication to calm her down. I live in a small city, in the downtown area. Once the weather warms up and the holidays are upon us, there will be random fireworks going off. They do not bother the Maltese but I wonder if this might be a problem for Howie.

[Dawnspell]

I'd say thats something thats not really breed specific but more the individual dog. Neither of my two bothered about fireworks, thunder, gun shot sounds, cars backfiring etc

Is he sensitive to that sort of sound now ? It may help the fact your Maltese isnt bothered.

[zeta1454]

I agree with the above that this is not a breed specific trait. We have had 7 miniature schnauzers over the years and none have been disturbed by fireworks and of our other current 11 affenpinschers only one has ever been frightened by loud noises and as she has now become almost deaf in old age she no longer reacts to fireworks either!

You could try exposing Howie in a carefully controlled way to a recording of fireworks or similar noise and see if he does react at all in a frightened way. These links may also help if you do think there is a problem:

https://bdch.org.uk/files/BATTERSEA_Get ... noises.pdf

https://www.battersea.org.uk/pet-advice ... oud-noises