The fireworks have started

Santas Little Helper · Master

The fireworks have started

midas · Master

Have you tried the DAP products? you have still got time before Nov5,it's awful when they get upset by them, because they start so early nowadays the poor animals who are so sensitive to them really suffer,i think fireworks should only be in organised displays,they are far too powerful for families to use at home.we've had them here over the past few days aswell,luckily they haven't been too close,we've even had them thrown from the train when it's been passing the kennels!but i know that it will get worse as time goes on and all we can do is try and keep things calm and normal and block out as much of the sound and sight of them, though we can't disguise the smell of them which is a pain.hope Morse gets through it ok.

Rachel.

feldandjack · Guru

I don't understand why these things have to be on sale almost all year, they cause so much stress to animals and humans. Lets see a few organised displays every year, that way we would all know when they are going to be going off furious

I won't say any more cause I cant stand these things and I may go off on a long rambling rant furious

Katie · Master

I just hate this time of year, yobs running around with gunpowder!! Last year Dust was ill with it, he wouldn't even go out for his last pee, Sally seems to cope a bit better, we've not seen how Lulu will react, so this year we're upping sticks and heading up to a cottage in the middle of nowhere on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula, so hopefully we'll miss the worst of it.

kirvine · Old Hand

thankfully, they havent started where i am yet but i know its only going to be a matter of time and then ill see how gus reacts to them. i live quite near to barry budden and you can hear alot of firing from there and he hasnt been too bothered about it when we've been out. pricks his ears and thats been about it, but i know it can be different with fireworks. i agree that there should only be organised displays and the sale of fireworks from any shop should be banned. i cant ever remember them being so readily available when i was younger (and im not that old!) and we had just as good a time. unfortunately society changes all the time.

tootsmazza · Enlightened One

I'm with you, ban all sales and have organised displays only furious

Thankfully Mason isn't bothered, last year we walked through the park on Bonfire night with them going off everywhere and he didn't even flinch - not so keen on the big fires though!
Its the idiotic yoofs who throw them at cars and houses etc who make me nervous (how come they never lose a finger??)
Marie

Teresa · Enlightened One

we started the DAP diffuser at the beginning of this month as advised by our vet. Not heard any bangs as yet but they do make me so ANGRY!!! the two boys are very distressed by fireworks but Daisy seems unphased by them.

Ban the bloody lot, that's what I say.

diane · Old Hand

Judy was fine last year she didnt even lift her head when they were going off at the back off the house (we live right beside a park). This year she is not taking it well at all and they are just in the distance at the moment, however our neighbour has got a german shepherd since then. She lives outside in a kennel and her owners are at the local pub every night till at least 10pm. Well this poor dog barks and howls and barks and barks and barks!!

Until they get in and tell her to shut up.
This is what is causing Judy to get stressed and she wont go out for a pee (shes peed her bed twice now).
Then come 10 o'clock shes fine and they can still be going off.
Bella on the other hand just wants to bark along with the neighbours dog.
I'll be very glad when its all over.

Isla · Enlightened One

I detest fireworks. Thankfully, it's a bit quieter at this end of the town (or was last year) and am hoping it will be the same this year. Wills is petrified by them - I'm always terrified that he has a heart attack or something.

Ban the sale of them all - organised displays at Hogmanay and maybe one or two other events but only if they are far, far away from my house!!!

I'm surprised they haven't banned the sale of them - knives and guns are banned so why do they persist in letting the local loonatics buy explosive devices!!!!