My big Anatolian Shepherd Finn hates fireworks. I wouldn't say he's necessarily scared of them, but rather they make him angry. He barks, non stop... This past Friday it was past 1:30 in the morning before he finally settled down. And of course, since he was barking, the other two dogs had to be up with him barking as well. I was dreading last night because being in the country, in the south, I knew it was bound to be another late night of fireworks. But yesterday, I saw a post from a friend of mine that also has a large Anatolian, and of course his boy Turk reacts the same way as Finn does to fireworks. And I don't know if any of y'all have heard an Anatolian bark when it's angry, but it is absolutely deafening. His boy can set off the glass break alarm on his security system! Any who, he posted that he had read somewhere on the internet that playing dance music or heavy metal music can help to calm dogs down during thunderstorms/fireworks. I was skeptical, but he said he did it Friday night for his pups and they calmed right down, not a single bark. I was willing to try anything to avoid the non stop barking, I've been the tech at work all weekend and have had to be up rather early. So last night, sure enough around 9 the fireworks started, and Finn started to bark... and bark. So I hesitantly turned on the TV and turned it to a Sirius XM heavy metal station. I turned the volume up, to a bearable level. I was shocked. Silence fell through the house. Finn walked into his crate and settled down almost immediately. He even started yawning!! He was so calm, we were able to take him out for his late night potty break during a quiet spell with no problems. Needless to say we slept with heavy metal music playing all night and it worked amazing. What surprised me was that it worked even though he had already gotten worked up and was barking at them. It may not be my choice of music, but the dogs certainly loved it. The fireworks lasted til after midnight and the dogs were sound asleep, not a bark the rest of the night. It most certainly won't work for every dog I'm sure, but it worked for us. I'd much rather play obnoxious music for my pups all night than listen to barking, or give them drugs. 

Cassie and her calm happy pack of 3 rocker pups

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