The Fourth of July can seem like a combat zone to a lot of people, particularly if they live with a cat or a dog. A few days before and after and certainly during the holiday, shelters get inundated with animals, mostly dogs, who become spooked and run off.<\/p>\n
North Long Beach resident Tracy Booth-South has boarded her dog, Mojo, for the past four years after he went blind.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what seems to have tipped him into the panic mode about fireworks, gunshots, motorcycles and so on,\u201d Booth-South said of the dog\u2019s stressful reaction. Her neighborhood turns into a hellhole during the Fourth, she said, and boarding Mojo with other dogs helps to calm him.<\/p>\n
Boarding and company are a couple of ways to prevent pet panic. The Post detailed others in a recent article<\/a>, but there\u2019s still an animal apocalypse in shelters nationwide around this time. Post-apocalyptic scenarios involve pets lost, found, missing, dead on the street, and taken to shelters by Animal Control to await their humans. Long Beach Animal Care Services<\/a> (ACS)\u00a0reported 2018\u2019s July 5 intake so far as 17 animals: nine dogs, one cat and seven others, including opossums, skunks and squirrels. Three of the dogs and one cat were dead on arrival.<\/p>\n How you can help Long Beach pets over the Fourth of July holiday<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n