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Chloe doesn't like fireworks. She spooks when she hears them and gets very stressed.

On the 4th, we head down to my Grandma's house for the day to celebrate and then we watch a fireworks display over the lake. Last year I took Chloe with me. She was small then so she was managable, even though she wasn't trained yet. When the fireworks started going off I put her down in my Grandma's basement in a crate.

This year Chloe can't come with us to Grandma's. That is fine by me, that is why we have the kennel. But I'm afraid that she will spook in her kennel if the neighbors start shooting off fireworks. I think she'd be fine in the house, but we'll be gone too long for her to be inside without a potty break. I don't want to put her in a boarding kennel, because she'd be even more stressed there than with fireworks going off.

Rose is also scared of fireworks and would be fine in the house (or garage), but we have the same problem as with Chloe. She is normally find out in her kennel, but in the past year or two she's started to bust out of the kennel when she gets very upset and we don't want her getting loose while we are gone.

Should I look into possible medication to give them for while we are gone to help calm them down, or is there something more holistic we can try?