Pets and some people prefer fireworks without sound It isn't easy to avoid fireworks on the Fourth of July. After all, they fill the night sky in just about every neighborhood. But there are grown-ups, pets and kids who would, if they could. Patti Neumann's balcony overlooks the Inner Harbor and she and friends will be there watching Baltimore's fireworks display tonight. But Bogart, her 7-year-old Wheaten terrier, will wait downstairs, thank you very much. "He doesn't mind thunderstorms, but when fireworks start, he starts shaking uncontrollably," says Neumann, founder of CityPeek, a tourism Web site. "So before we go upstairs, I will turn the television or the music on really loud to shield him from the booms." Theresa Sachs of Bel Air says her 7-year-old son Keeghan loves to watch fireworks. It's the listening that's too... [read full story]
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