Sydney’s Good Boys On The Verge Of Nervous Breakdowns After Nightly Vivid Fireworks

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Inner Sydney's good boys are on the brink of complete mental collapse as Vivid's nightly fireworks continue.

The annual light festival, beloved by tourists and people who enjoy standing shoulder to shoulder with 40,000 strangers, has instead become a fortnight long psychological warfare campaign for local cavoodles, greyhounds and rescue staffies.

"I don't know what I've done wrong" whimpered six year old golden retriever Scout, who has spent the past week trembling behind the washing machine after mistaking another 9:30pm fireworks display for the beginning of the apocalypse.

His owner, Surry Hills resident Emma Collins, says her once confident dog has developed a very nervous disposition .

"He used to bark at possums and chase ibises."

"Now a bloke dropping his reusable coffee cup sends him running"

Vets across the inner city report a surge in anxious pets, with many dogs refusing evening walks after learning the sky now randomly explodes every night for the entertainment of visiting families from Western Sydney.

Some owners have resorted to playing white noise, wrapping their dogs in weighted blankets or driving them to friends houses to stay.

Meanwhile, local French bulldog Kevin says he's simply accepted this new life.

"I've accepted that the rest of my life is going to be very stressful moving forward"