[Magdalen] safely home

[Grace Cangialosi]

One year I was visiting a cousin in Florida over the Fourth. She had two German shepherds, one of whom was terrified of fireworks. Her neighbor, a vet, advised giving the dog a little vodka before the evening's festivities; then she'd just sleep through them. So my cousin poured a little into the dog's water dish--but the other dog promptly drank it! The upshot of it was that there were two very drunk German shepherds staggering around long after the fireworks were over! I don't remember that either of them actually slept through the fireworks, but they certainly weren't bothered by them!

> On Jul 3, 2016, at 6:57 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> We had one dog who decided that the Fourth was best spent boarding at the
> vet's.
> 
>> On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 1:45 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, I had a very wise kittycat who taught me many valuable lessons,
>> one of which was:
>> 
>> the Fourth is best spent hiding under the bed.
>> -M
>> 
>> 
>> On Sunday, July 3, 2016, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>> magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> It will take the rest of the weekend for my shell-shocked dogs
>>> to recover from a 90 minutes barrage of fireworks set off over the
>>> lake about a half a mile away last night.
>>