I found out the hard way that Mitzie is terrified of helium balloons.  I got them for my husband for Valentine's Day.  I didn't know where to hide them, and decided to just give them to him. So on the way into our apartment building, I tied them to the dogs' collars.  Everything was going fine, until one of them touched her.  She flipped out!  It chased her up 3 flights of stairs, she couldn't get away from it, and I couldn't get her to sit still long enough for me to untie it.  I let them into… Continue