Fireworks - again!!

I am well and truly pee'd off with fireworks going off yet again, terrifying my little dogs! This is the 8th night in a row we have had to put up with it and these ones are very near to the house. Wasn't there supposed to be a crackdown on letting fireworks off like this, or is it just another law that has no clout?

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Thought that we had it bad here but we've just had another thunderstorm so that may be putting them off round here.

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Let's hope we get one. I hate to see the dogs like this; tried giving them tablets to calm them on the run up to bonfire night but nothing seems to work. Mind you, some of the fireworks are that loud I jump out of my skin.

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We've got them here too, only from one direction I think, but just one firework is enough to send her scuttling for the rest of the evening.  Thunder would be no better as she's frightened of that too.  Woman Sad


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Yes, same here. Sick & tired of them. Damson is a wreck!

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They sound as though they're right next door tonight.  I just said to hubby, I wonder if they go on for long enough, she'll get used to them? but I don't think she would.  She's still frightened of the vacuum cleaner  and the food mixer and the knife sharpener and she has been all her life.  She's ok with the hair dryer though! Woman Surprised


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Me too, totally peed off with them.  One of my little cats has spent most of the

last week and a half hiding in the wardrobe as he's terrified of the fireworks.

I have totally had enough of the whole attitude of people, the inconsiderateness,

having no thought whatsoever for anybody but themselves - this is evident in

the whole fireworks thing too.  They bear no consideration for neighbours,

pets, animals in general, the proximity to other people, they just go out and

get the noisiest fireworks possible, presumably to impress somebody in their

sad world.  No doubt they go in their 4x4's to get them too.  I guess they have

to compensate somehow for what they lack in other departments!

 

It is perfectly possible to have a home display of fireworks that make very little

noise and are very pretty.  We did, on firework night.

 

I wish they'd just ban them outright and only allow displays.

 

 

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Firework The law 

 

You must not set off fireworks between 11pm and 7am. The exceptions are:

  • Bonfire Night, when the cut off is midnight
  • New Year’s Eve, Diwali and Chinese New Year, when the cut off is 1am

 

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They should add to that fireworks should not be set off except

on Firework Night and the Saturday closest to Firework Night.

 

Mind you, how they would police it, if they could be bothered?

 

So it continues, day in, day out, for at least a couple of weeks

either side of Firework night, despite so many people being

sick to death of it.

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Damson is so distressed I could cry. They have been going off since six thirty.

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My old dog has just come out from under the desk in the office, we had fireworks start going off at 5 yes 5 and they seem to have just finished,  Who I ask myself has been watching them it has been teaming down since 4. Really hard rain you couldn't stand outside in it and look up waste of time and money.  They obviously don't have pets or else they don't care, my old dog has been a nervous reck since before last weekend and it's been like it every night.  Nope spoke too soon off they go again dogs just disapeared into the office again, poor old thing,  Luckily the young one is of working gundog stock so she doesn't care.

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At least we can keep our dogs and cats safely indoors; must be frightening for the wild animals. Goodness knows where these "people" find the money for the fireworks. ( I use the term "people" very loosely, not allowed to put their real title on here!)

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My youngest dog is frightened when I get hiccups, CG. Thankfully, I don't get them often. Smiley Happy

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My dog is frightened (this is like who's got the scardiest dog!!!) my dog is frightened of the word BUZZ.  I very  rareley use it, in fact I don't even need to use it, just telling her ' I'll say the word ' and she slinks off.  It's handy when people come to the door, Tesco delivery man or visitors.  I can tell her to go away but she doesn't until I say 'I'll say the word!' and she goes right away to the bedrooms.  It's sad really that she's so scared of everyday sounds.  I blame the fact that she was taken from her mother at four weeks and kept in the cupboard under the stairs until we heard about it from someone who bought her sister (at four weeks old)  We didn't hear about her for a week, so we got her at five weeks old.

 

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Fieworks still going off here, aaaaarrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh.

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As a dog owner I do appreciate everyone's concerns.

Last year I bought a firework CD for our dog that you play for a varying amount of time on different sound levels to customise pets to the sounds. Must admit that our dog was not at all bothered...even at full blast ....but older dogs can be affected more.

We have not heard one firework in our village ...so our dog is stress free....but I do appreciate how lucky we are ...
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I have one of those too. She was frightened by the bangs on there too. She was like it when I first got her at two years old & is still like it at seven. The only way she is not going to be freaked out is if she goes deaf.

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Aww, bless her, CG; she's adorable.

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There is no answer to it really...

As our last dog got older fireworks bothered her more and more .....we got a plug in thing from the vet but it had limited effect .

We did live in a different area then ...a larger village ....but have been fortunate ( for our pets sake ) never to have lived in a really built up area,

I expect that the CD could be beneficial if used over an extended period before bonfiire night ....BUT as stated my YOUNG dog showed no a.arm whatsover.....maybe we were just lucky ....
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Why would 4x4 drivers be the ones buying fireworks?
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