Zoie has a jacket from Outward Hound. I like it, we boat and when the river is running fast she wears her jacket on the dock so if she slips and falls in and she has, she has some help staying afloat. The handle on the back makes it easier to pick her up out of the water and if she would get taken away by the current the orange would make it easier to spot.
She is not a happy swimmer, she will wade in but she really doesn’t want to swim.
Zoie is not crazy about fireworks and is happy to share her displeasure by barking uncontrollably. We frequently are on the boat for fireworks and will create a “human” thundershirt by sandwiching her between us. Last year though I put her in the cabin of the boat and gave her a stuffed Kong. She is very food driven and ignored the fireworks so that she could work on her Kong. The Kong lasted about 1/2 which is typically the length of the show. It works for thunderstorms, also.