One year after losing their golden retriever in P.E.I., Kelly Russell and her family, from Miramichi, N.B., hope others heed advice about how to keep pets calm and safe during Canada Day fireworks.
9-month-old golden retriever got spooked during N.B. family's vacation in P.E.I. in 2023
The last time Kelly Russell and her family saw their golden retriever, Hudson, was at a campground on P.E.I.'s North Shore on Canada Day in 2023.
Russell, who's from Miramichi, N.B., had just settled in at Twin Shores Campground with her daughter, her partner, and Hudson, who was nine months old at the time.
It's an annual tradition for the family — a few days of rest, relaxation and fun, all beginning with the campground's annual July 1 fireworks display.
“We went to the fireworks along with a lot of other people and their dogs, so we never really thought too much of it,” Russell said Sunday.
“We had [Hudson] … leashed up. When the fireworks started, he got spooked and he took off towards the water, and never to be seen again.”
