Veterinarians urge pet owners to prepare for New Year’s Eve fireworks

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – With New Year’s Eve approaching, veterinarians are reminding pet owners to prepare their animals for the loud sounds of fireworks that can cause severe anxiety and trauma.

Kayleigh Pace says her 8-year-old dog Dixie was born anxious and struggles during holidays with fireworks.

“Typically like whenever it’s New Year’s, Fourth of July, any type of fireworks or loud noises is when she gets really scared, and she kind of just like paces back and forth, and her anxiety gets really bad, she can’t sit still,” Pace said…

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