Puppies vs. Fireworks

This picture is pretty self-explanatory, but I'd like to add an anecdote to it.

Instead of A puppy, currently I am dealing with FOUR puppies (Panda, Betsy, Baby Gal and Toodoo). Though born of stray mother, we had been looking after them in terms of food and play and shelter since last month. And I finally gotten the sole responsibility of ensuring they get enough of the minimum three criteria this week. Thank God they all are somehow toilet-trained naturally. Only poop and pee on soil/grassy ground.

In conjunction with Chinese New Year celebration, fireworks have been colouring the night sky since the day my housemates left for their respective hometowns. The puppies, I believe, had been enduring the crazily loud (as defined in the puppy's world) firecrackers and fireworks since CNY eve. I've been observing their behaviour since then, and noticed that they displayed fear and disorientation regularly when there is a release of fireworks into the night air.

As the current co-owner of the puppies, I'm highly concerned of their well-being. A search on Google brought me to a website about fear aggression in dog or puppy. Now, this part of the article explained why they all disappeared after breakfast this morning, causing me to fret over it the whole day as I had to go out for the whole day. When I arrived home just now, only Panda was at home, in some sort of fear though. I finally found the other three and their mother a few houses from mine.

Some puppy dogs react and get extremely frightened and panic at the sound of lightening, thunder, or fireworks and there is no real reason they should. Some cases will cause fear aggression in the dog. These types of fears have caused many dogs to even run away from their homes in panic and disoriented, and unfortunately in some cases some have even been hit by a car due to running out into the road, and others have had difficulty finding their way home etc.

Whereas this part of the article explains why I find my puppies retreating to under the car, and not responsive when I called after them at times, to the extend of backing off when I went near one of them, and running from home.

When a puppy is scared it becomes very evident in the way he begins to behave and the way he looks. Some puppies start walking form one side of the room to the other, looking for somewhere to hide and if there is an open door, some will run out without giving any warning to the owner.

Pray that either the firecrackers and fireworks will stop soon, or that my puppies will grow out of the fear.

P/S: I have no idea why I'm naming them what I named them (especially Baby Gal and Toodoo), except for Panda, which has two black patches over his eyes. Basically they are rarely responsive towards the name given though. By next week, all will leave home to their foster families. Shall snap some pics and upload them soon!