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ThunderShirts, dance parties and anxiety meds can help ease dogs' July Fourth dread
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FILE - Rori Chang, of Glendale, Ariz., walks with her dog Ava as they leave the Maricopa Country Animal Care & Control facility after Ava was microchipped on June 30, 2023, in Phoenix. As most people look forward to July Fourth celebrations, those with pets are searching for solutions to the anxiety that fireworks bring. - photo by AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, file
PHOENIX (AP) — Rori Chang will be spending Fourth of July watching action movies from the comfort of her Glendale, Arizona, home, perhaps something from Marvel or a John Wick flick. But it's not for her. It's for her golden retriever, Ava.