Fireworks

[Sandra (aka Chillax)]

We used to take them upstairs with us, thankfully Misty is getting better with them, tv right up, leave our dinner plates on the coffee table (because it helps take her mind off it) and treats on the table

It's awful, my last dog would get so scared she would run into the doors and furniture, it was awful and nothing worked for her.

[Deleted]

I wish it was just 2 weeks Dave but alas the fools around here will carry on for at least another week. I also agree with you on the lawn hoovering brigade too , Sunday mornings are for long lie ins where-ever possible

[Perpetua]

I didn't find sedatives/tranquiliser's had any effect Sean on Sammy . . . infact they made him worse, as he'd be fighting their effects as well.

The best compromise I found, after many stressful years . . . was the worn tshirt and a crate covered with a fleece throw combo, he wasn't happy . . . but he stayed in there, feeling secure until the morning.

I used to sleep on the kitchen floor next to him for added comfort, it was a considerable improvement on him careering round the house, semi drugged and frightened witless.

[Anne (fuzzy)]

There's banging, screaming and whistling and flashing lights going on all around here and Max is fast asleep in the front room in his bed, he couldn't care less!

[monster74]

Izzys spent the last 2 hours going crazy. I've managed to calm her a little, she's turned into a sheep and lays behind me wherever I am. Bless her little paws it's driving her mad

[Chrissie]

Been fairly quiet here up till tonight. Even now though, it's in the distance - tother side of the valley.

Any noise at all is being drowned out with a combination of my log burner blazing away & Eric Clapton unplugged being played on my CD player - my cats (& me) are rather partial to blues - so very relaxing

[Chrissie]

Nov 5, 2011 20:17:49 GMT monster74 said:

Izzys spent the last 2 hours going crazy. I've managed to calm her a little, she's turned into a sheep and lays behind me wherever I am. Bless her little paws it's driving her mad

Poor ((((Izzy)))

[Anne (fuzzy)]

So Sad I can't stop thinking about all the wildlife too, birds in the trees and ducks on ponds.....

[Chrissie]

Anne, the thought of how badly wildlife is scared by fireworks upsets me so much as well

[beeper]

There's a burny/sulphur smell in the air tonight and I too worry about creatures, they must surely get completely thrown by all the pollution

[Chrissie]

Beeps, it's the noise that worries me the most it must be so terrifying for any wildlife

[beeper]

Yes that is so true Chrissie, also the lighting up of the sky so brightly..

[Chrissie]

Completely agree Beeps. I remember the last major eclipse, I watched it on Brighton sea front, close to the old pier - the starlings got so confused Due to it being light one minute & dark the next. Fireworks must also confuse wildlife in a similar way, but even more disturbing due to the bangs

[Anne (fuzzy)]

All quiet here again at last

[hifistud]

Nov 5, 2011 22:51:02 GMT Chrissie said:

Completely agree Beeps. I remember the last major eclipse, I watched it on Brighton sea front, close to the old pier - the starlings got so confused Due to it being light one minute & dark the next. Fireworks must also confuse wildlife in a similar way, but even more disturbing due to the bangs

Can I just say "Thunderstorms"? Trust me on this one - domestic pets are only scared when their owners are (or have owners that are sensitive to noise) - and even then it's limited mostly to dogs (although a dog used to a noisy family generally won't be bothered at all) - small rodents and what have you won't give a hoot. I've had dogs all my life, and have never had one be even remotely nervous around bonfire night - and my first pooch used to love coming to the family bonfire party - might have had something to do with gorging on cindered sausages, but she never flinched at the bangers and jumping jacks or anything else.