I don't know if this question has ever been raised here but I was just curious. Yesterday was "Township Day" and it ended with fireworks. It is held in a field about a mile from my home and the noise was such that we might as well have been right there. Bella felt the need to bark during the finale and Ripley sat on the sofa and shook off and on. I felt bad for the little guy. Later on my son came home and he had bought a new umbrella. (We have had unbelievable amounts of rain around here, but that's another story! LOL) Well, when he pushed the button to open it Ripley started barking at the opened up umbrella. When you push the button again it automatically closes up. Instead of barking at it as it closed up he jumped straight up in the air and backwards. Needless to say my son found this very funny and play the 'umbrella game' a few times. Each time Ripley responded the same way. We were both laughing so hard! Silly boy!

Is your dog afraid of anything?