Mel B Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 I'm already sick of them! Sat in my study typing away all I've got is the constant whizz, bang, crackle, pop etc of the neighbour's fireworks going off. My dog, Lily, is petrified and huddling in the bedroom with my husband with the TV blaring away - we've had to retrieve her numerous times from the bath - yes, she actually jumps into it to hide! Even Romy, who's not usually bothered by fireworks, isn't happy this time round either. We've got another 2 bl**dy nights of this to go yet!!!! >:-( I wish they'd stop the public being able to buy them once and for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Oh Mel I can't agree with you more. Every year we have neighbours that have more fireworks going off than most organised displays. Our dog Troy gets terribly stressed and previously he has been barking at the ceiling for anything up to 4 or 5 months after 5th Nov nervously looking for fireworks. The problem is its not just bonfire night anymore it seems to happen on and off all year round. Suppose the next time will be Christmas and New Year. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Well, for Gawd's sake don't come near Sussex near November 5th then. They're part of our culture down here, and I think there'd be riots in the street at the suggestion they should be banned. Ban them in Yorks and Lincs by all means, but please leave Sussex with its traditions intact. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 I'll let you explain that to my poor little dog who hasn't had a 'constitutional' in the garden since 4.00 pm and must be fit to burst ... we've just taken her out again whilst there was a little lull in the madness and she's too scared to pee .... until she does we can't go to bed either, not that we'll get much sleep as she'll have to stay with us ... anyone got any matchsticks???? :-S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 I fail to see why we celebrate Guy Fawkes as the muppet failed >:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 well the yearly streatham extravaganza has been cancelled due to lack of funds? :-S a blooming disgrace ! Do they not realise that a lack of confidence and well being turns a recession into a depression! *-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Mel B - 2010-11-05 10:21 PM I'll let you explain that to my poor little dog who hasn't had a 'constitutional' in the garden since 4.00 pm and must be fit to burst ... we've just taken her out again whilst there was a little lull in the madness and she's too scared to pee .... until she does we can't go to bed either, not that we'll get much sleep as she'll have to stay with us ... anyone got any matchsticks???? :-S It could always go when it jumps in the bath!! :D :D Bas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Momma Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Don't think that I do not sympathise with all pet owners. I did have a dog myself until he shuffled off to the big kennel in the sky last year. However, November 5th has been going on for a very long time now and I guess it will continue to do so. Some people love it, some hate it but you can be sure of one thing, it will be the same again next year, and the year after that, and the year after that........................ :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogP Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 My area has a culture of fireworks and not just for 5th November , usually for weddings , birthdays and on some occassions deaths , so we get them all year round. Yet despite this both my dogs have , since puppies , actually sat up the garden watching them. They aren't in the slightess bothered by them. Sadly we only have the one dog now , but we still had some fireworks last night for the kids and my Lab wasn't at all fussed. Also my Brother In Law has just had a whippet puppy (16 weeks old) which he bought with them and even he wasn't bothered by it (the puppy that is) , in fact he was quite happy to just curl up on the bed and sleep through it. I'm totally convinved that if a puppy is raised in a noisey environment and conditioned to things like this they aren't phased by it. After all you only have to look at the game shoots and think about shot gun noise , yet you have plenty of dogs just sat there not flinching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 The only problem we had was Polly and Daisy where tied up so couldn't join in the fun, they where most upset at that. We abandoned halfway throu due to the rain, which had been forcast to clear, so will be resuming tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Its not just dogs and cats that get upset with fireworks. We live in a very rural farming village where the cows are scarred half to death. A couple of years ago someone here who keeps horses had to have her beloved horse put to sleep having suffered a heart attack due to Bonfire Night. Yes there have been fireworks for many years but they were not the huge rockets and bangers that go off today. We had sparklers and catherine wheels, basically pretty but without the bangs!!! Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 The fireworks we have here have always been loud, the louder the better for us, all year round as well. We also have our horses (have had dogs in the past as well) and, like some of the dogs already mentioned earlier they do not bother at the noise at all. Some of the horse owners where we used to keep our horses used to mamby pamby about and put their horses in their stables which only made the horses worse. I also believe, as someone said earlier, that it is how the owners bring them up and react themselves that puts the stress onto the animals. Bas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred22 Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 pelmetman - 2010-11-05 10:27 PM I fail to see why we celebrate Guy Fawkes as the muppet failed >:-) I always thought that the celebration was because he failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Basil - 2010-11-06 3:34 PM The fireworks we have here have always been loud, the louder the better for us, all year round as well. We also have our horses (have had dogs in the past as well) and, like some of the dogs already mentioned earlier they do not bother at the noise at all. Some of the horse owners where we used to keep our horses used to mamby pamby about and put their horses in their stables which only made the horses worse. I also believe, as someone said earlier, that it is how the owners bring them up and react themselves that puts the stress onto the animals. Bas Here here! Probably the same miseries who cant stand childrens laughter and play I bet..... here are some pics from Clapham common display :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Oops! *-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 The trouble is Basil animals like humans cannot help it if they are of a nervous disposition. I can understand where you are coming from in that sometimes stress can be passed onto the animal. Unfortunately, our dog Troy is from a rescue and we are his third owner so cannot say what has happened in his past. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 fred22 - 2010-11-06 4:09 PM pelmetman - 2010-11-05 10:27 PM I fail to see why we celebrate Guy Fawkes as the muppet failed >:-) I always thought that the celebration was because he failed. Exactly! he failed so why celebrate >:-) (lol) (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Momma Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 pelmetman - 2010-11-06 11:21 AM A couple of years ago someone here who keeps horses had to have her beloved horse put to sleep having suffered a heart attack due to Bonfire Night. Sue And prey tell just how on earth the heart attack was put down to Bonfire Night ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 You will have alooooooong wait for a definitive forensic answer to that question me thinks :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Well I suppose its not rocket science, to assume a horse with known nervous disposition, snuffs it after a stressful evening during which the vet was called, and fireworks were going of in a neigbours garden, even though the owner had already told the neighbour of her horse's problems *-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffers Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 fireworks are great when organised properly preferably in a central spot we could see 5 proper official parties where we used to live - just by walking round the house the problem - I think - is all the individual parties that go on at the end of the garden , which promptly deposit rocket sticks in our garden and bonfires that threaten to get put of control now - if we could just organise it so that the rockets sorted out the squirrels n cats - :D :D :D :D :D :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art338 Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 The dog owner should be the pack leader. Showing signs of stress will affect the dog which reacts accordingly and panics as it sees its leader loosing control of a situation. There should be a way of changing a dog's attitude at these times. The root cause is usually with the dog owner's personal annoyance and stress at a given situation. The dog will have known several days previous that a disturbance was about to happen by the owners change in voice tone and different behaviour patterns and would therefore be already becoming stressed by seeing its leader failing to manage the situation. There are many things a dog likes best of all, try to introduce that or them when its fireworks time and never talk about the 'F' word within earshot before hand. And Mel, join your Lily in the bath, make it a fun thing to do, she is panicking at your loss of control. You are transmitting all your fears to her. art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duetto owner Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 my view they should be for licensed public displays only not sold in shops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porky Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 We used to live in a thatched house and Nov 5th (and days either side) were a nightmare. In a village in Spain where we used to have a house they set off fireworks at every oportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 The most impressive and loudest display I ever saw was in Pensacola in Spain...at some summer festival. my mate decided to get involved in the beach bull fight, oddly he lived, and we drank of the strength of it for another week :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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