The Drawback of Spring, Summer and Fall for Hailey

Spring has officially sprung. The wildlife is back. The snow is gone. The grass has turned green. The cottagers (aka city-iots - city idiots) are back. In our municipality there are about 11 000 permanent residents and 10 000 cottagers.

Look at poor LeeLee's stance

I am not sure how, but Hailey remembers that the good weather and the city-iots means that fireworks are back. Saturday night we were sitting outside enjoying the beautiful evening and she was clearly nervous. She didn't want to be outside. She didn't want to leave the deck. She stood at high alert, while Phod pupped around happy and playing.

I know it is a time of day thing because earlier in the day Hailey was very happy to be out on her tie out while I did yard work and later, before dinner . She was happy to be out sniffing and digging and rolling.

As the evening progressed,  she got more anxious. I applied some essential oils from doTERRA for the first time (I will have blog post about this product in a few weeks). She spent the evening hiding. She was very tense when Man took her out before bed and would not pee. She hid in our closet. She was right to be nervous because shortly after 10 the fireworks started. She went to the basement to hide.

I guess the one advantage of the winter is Hailey is not as anxious.