Thank you all for your suggestions. The dog is for PTSD, so you'd think it would "come" as naturally immune/adjusted to loud noises such as fireworks, but that's not always necessarily true, as this may not have been the type of thing the trainers had access to, in terms of training. My retiring service dog I trained myself, and she's always been a little skittish of the fireworks at Disney, but the one being trained currently I won't have until next fall, as he is being diligently trained for my PTSD, mobility and other co-morbid disorders, for the next many months and I have not met him yet. I'm just trying to think ahead, as sometimes the first exposure of a dog to a noise like fireworks, especially as close in proximity as you are to them at Disney can be a bit startling. Although reading some of "Chloe's" posts on here, I read that 5 days of fireworks will pretty much get any service dog adjusted well to them. I was just trying to figure out, based upon the layout of the park, where are some good stores or rides that are away from the crowds, as that can be really dangerous walking with the dog immediately following the parades... and also, I've found with my prior service dog that something as simple as ducking into a store can sufficiently muffle the noises enough to relax the service dog. The truth is, I won't be familiar with my service dog at all until close to the end of the year anyway, so I'm just kind of guessing and having a back up plan. Besides, I've always found when at DL, that parades are some of the best times to ride rides that generally have excessively long lines most of the time. Just wanted to hear from people used to the layout of WDW, and I do appreciate the help that's been given so far.
And GAP, you are totally right... service dogs can been extremely difficult to come by and generally extremely expensive, if not training yourself (and with my disabilities, I would really not be able to train one myself -- and it takes a long time anyway!) I've fundraiser the cost of the dog being trained currently and she's more than $15K, which is a drop in the bucket compared to some. So it's not like it's simple to just "get a new one" if you don't like something about the one you have. But either way, I plan to love the new dog VERY much, and am already in love with the pictures I've seen. He's a beautiful, curly, crème Goldendoodle male, named Harrison.
The one in the picture is my current/previous service dog, 5 lb. Morkie, Ella, also task trained and a legitimate PTSD service animal, playing musketeer in the picture! She's precious. Thank you guys for the help!!
