The Portuguese also have a coffee that is mainly condensed milk and is sickly sweet. You find out and learn never to order it again. Out of my 5 dogs I have had two have been terrified of fire works and maybe the other 3 were just not bothered or clever enough lol. The two I can remember were running around in the front garden playing whilst fireworks were being let off less than 20m away. There is a dog school down the road near a shooting range that teaches dogs to be less fearful of loud bangs. We did not do much either and would never leave our dogs alone knowing there are fireworks.