General Chat

I am lucky I have two cats and a dog

none of hem are frightend the dogs lkes a walk and wwhat ever noise the fireworks are making

sally w <3

Have been really lucky with our two border collies, they haven't been bothered by them. It must be a real nuisance. I guess it must be worse in the towns with more going off.

you couldn't get Dobby out for a walk with a crow bar tonight :-D :-D

It's HUGE isn't it!!??

.....and it looks very cold.....

Poor wee things. I feel for them.
I'm not that happy with the noise either

I'm not going over the door tonight, and it's not because I don't like fireworks

It's the ENORMOUS full moon out there tonight that scares me:-S :-S :-S

My 3 cats - siblings - born here - are all different.
Betty will have a major panic, be it fireworks or thunder.
She used to fly out of the catflap - but soon realised the error of her ways.
Then she'd hide in the furthest corner of the cupboard under the stairs.
I started making sure that was closed. Then it was under my bed.
Then, when I had the side of the bath off, this was the perfect place!!

Now I have a sofa with legs and a valance bit, I encourage her under there. That way, I'm near and the TV/radio is on, as are the lights.
Unfortunately she's under the stairs at the moment, I left the door open :-(

George is (thanks to Betty) a bit disturbed by them. He has been known to join her under the bath and under my bed, but as long as I'm around, he stays with me.

Mister doesn't really care. He can disappear for days - but now he's older he still disappears, but tends to stay near to home when there are fireworks about.

Aaaah bless their little cotton socks. :-) Cool cats.!

Dobbys not happy with the fireworks and barks to

but my three cats are happy to sit on the cat stand near the windows
are watch them un bothered :-D :-D

Thanks for replies. Yes, someone needs to stay in for the duration.
Problem Honey is 4 years old, and i guess a pattern has already been established. Still first tranquiliser taken an hour ago, and fireworks have started. !!

When mine were pups I bought a noise CD specially for the purpose. not only does it acclimatise a dog to all traffic noises but also to fireworks. The way it works is that at first one turns the volume very low then gradually, during the space of 1-2 weeks the volume is so high that they become used to and ignore the sounds.

Also when pups, but can be done gradually even with older dogs, I was advised by my trainer to let them experience all sorts of sounds...ie; railway stations, dog agility comps....anywhere there is lots of noise.

I have to say that this also holds true with babies.....lots of noise in the house and a baby can sleep through anything, but tip toe around then make a noise....the baby wakes up, because it is not used to it.

Make sure you are calm when noises are going on and never let your dog feel your own distress. At no time should you to pet them.....just carry on as usual and let them see that there may be a noise but it is not a problem.....Try to make the noise time a fun time ......if you have the time.

Sue - regular tranquilisers used in this house plus a radio on to try to distract our dog from the happenings outside.

The trouble is that fireworks are not for just one evening - around here, they can go on for several days & mostly unexpectedly.

Luckily, at least one of the family remains indoors with him for the whole week.

We have had our jack russell for 6 months, she had a previous home, but the owners could not manage her.
As the fireworks have started for about a week now, every night is a nightmare, as she barks non stop inside and out. So yesterday went to vet for tranquilisers. Seems like most people there were for the same thing.
Interested if anyone has similar problems and how they are coping.

Sue