So how did your dogs cope with the fireworks last night? When world war three broke out in the street last night Lady acknowledged it by lying on her back with her legs in the air and snoring very loudly!
Ha ha way to go Lady! Haven't heard any here, all the fireworks parties will be tonight/tomorrow. Past experience shows Hattie & Charlie are not in the least bit worried by them, so hoping that will be the case this year too! x
With Jake being housetrained at the moment we were outside quite a lot last night. He seemed more concerned about the wet stuff falling from the sky than the fireworks. He did startle a couple of times, but for 8 weeks he took it pretty much in his stride
pouring with rain here so fireworks were minimal. I'm expecting more over the weekend though! Riley's not a fan, Obi doesn't seem bothered.
Juno says fireworks, what's fireworks? My Italian Spinone used to race upstairs to watch fireworks out of the window. If it was dry we used to watch from the garden
Holly is OK with most fireworks but she dislikes sudden loud bangs. Every now and then she will sit up and put her head on my knees for a bit of reassurance.
Charlie loves fireworks, to the extent we can take him to firework displays, and do (the town's firework displays are over the harbour and we live right on it). He associates fireworks with playtime and chicken - since I knew he would be so close to fireworks several times a year I worked on this when he was a puppy. He'll watch fireworks keenly, hoping for chicken.... The downside is he also associates people firing guns with chicken and is inclined to go jump on them..
He He Charlie I wasn't home for the fireworks, but I hear Lilly wasn't keen - barking and growling at the alien noises.
The fireworks have been going off since Halloween here, Dexter isn't bothered luckily, he's still happy to go for a walk up the road or go out in the garden.
we didn't have very many, but both Coco and Belle were fine with them - there were a couple of massive explosions from next door-but-one while they were in the kitchen (nearest part of the house to the noise) - not a flinch. I have lots of friends who say their dogs are terrified and I do wonder if the main problem is the owner projecting their own behaviour on to the dog - they expect fear, they make a big fuss about it and boom! the dog gets fearful and then they build on it. Belle gets weird when the fireworks (or lightening) is late at night, when our house is in darkness - the flashes disturb her and she paces around, panting. She will not settle until the flashing stops. It's difficult to completely block the light.
Guy Fawkes Night isn't a thing that's recognised in Dubai ....so none to worry about here.Glad everyone came through it ok though ,not counting a few little nerves and anxieties x
We're not normally in the UK for 5th November, so my two have only seen a few here and there for weddings where we live. I was interested to see how they'd react to them last night. There was barely a flicker of interest. Good times.
Harley has been really good this year . We did have one or two barks late last night when a very loud one went off locally and she was in the garden. Apart from that she did look up at us when a few went off, but we carried on as normal then she went back to sleep
Poor Homer ( and Hubbie and me) have had a week of hell. We had kids up the street with fire crackers at Halloween. This year Halloween has been a three day affair in London with parties around us from Thursday through to Saturday. Then fireworks started on Thursday, our local display on Friday and everyone having their own garden fireworks from 5pm to 10pm last night. Homer spent 5 hours, panting heavily, scratching the carpets, trying to get into every impossibly tiny space he could find including going behind the TV and scraping at all the wires. I gave him rescue remedy drops twice by they had no effect last night, they usually do help a bit. We spent the night locked in the hall trying to calm him as much as possible. I wish I had at least tried a thunder vest as spending 5 hours with a completely distraught dog was a complete nightmare.
Hopefully it's all over for Homer for another year! Riley isn't a fan and we sometimes get some panting. We have neighbours who love any excuse for fireworks. We made it through pretty well this year!
Ah, poor Homer. There is some advice here from the RSPCA on various things you can try (it doesn't involve a Thunder Vest though... http://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/pets/general/fireworks There might be some ideas here, in Pippa's article about one of her dogs that became scared of loud bangs due to be scared by fireworks: http://totallygundogs.com/gunshy-dog-can-it-ever-be-cured/ And the "Sounds Scary" pack is available from the Dog's Trust - it's free. Although aimed at dogs that are very young, it still might be helpful. https://www.dogstrust.org.uk/help-advice/dog-behaviour-health/sound-therapy-for-pets
I have read all the advice, keep everything as normal as possible ( as you can with a 30kg dog climbing the walls) TV and radio on keeping calm in the living room with him with us as usual. Give him the broom cupboard to hide in, following all the advice and doing our best to keep him safe. This year has been a lot worse than previous years, more bangs, even more on Sunday night and far higher anxiety.
Mine are fine but I can really sympatise I live a very culturally mixed area and all the festivals which involve big bangy fireworks happen at the same time. lots of dogs round here have problems with fireworks. One of my friends dog lives in a doggie bunker for about 2 weeks. Its been made to deaden sound and block light and he retreats to there when it gets too much.. I know people who use the noise CD too and found it affective
How does he react when you play the DVDs or begin the noise desensitisation programmes? At what point does he show signs of distress?
