Every year a park near our house has a big fireworks display the weekend before 4th of July weekend. That would be today. The fireworks are so close the house shakes and it hurts my ears. Every year we have people over, and generally we board the dogs. We have reservations to drop them off this afternoon and pick them up tomorrow morning.

This morning, at around 6:30 am, Jack had several bouts of liquid diarrhea over a half-hour period or so. My husband had fed him breakfast before he went out, so he's eaten.

Now, 4 hours later, he seems ok. I just had him out and he did not go at all (except to mark some bushes), despite having a full belly from his breakfast. He is alert and bringing us toys (though I think he's a notch or two less energetic than normal) and when I took him out, he was looking around to see if any of his friends were out. No vomiting, he's not lethargic, and he doesn't seem feverish (I don't have a thermometer to check).

On the one hand, I hate to board a dog who has so recently been sick. On the other hand, if we don't board them, we need to spend the fireworks display driving them around in the car somewhere; it's entirely too close to have them here (as I said, the house rattles and the booms hurt my ears; we've had lingering sparks fall on our roof, they are that close). There is really no one I feel comfortable asking to "dog sit" between 9 and 11 at night who doesn't already have dogs of their own.  And we can't even put them in the basement to get some relief from the loud noise and flashing, since our basement is almost completely above ground on the back half of the house.

Jack likes being boarded and does not get stressed by it.

So, do I board them? Or drive them around in the car?

The boarding facility is top-notch and the staff are combinations of trainers/breeders/owners and all are certified in doggie first-aid and whatnot. We would be home so if he did get sick again they could call us. I'm tempted to take them, but I feel a bit uncertain about it.