Dogs and fireworks, suggestions.

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PitterPatter

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Hi all,

I’m sure others have to deal with this but our 18 months old rescue is understandably terrified right now with the fireworks.

Just wondering if anyone has suggestions for stuff to help calm him? We have a thundershirt, calming wipes and we’re playing music to try to drown it out. Any other recommendations?
 
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DEL 707 said:
Yeah, my dogs aren't enjoying it
It's absolutely ****ing down outside and people are still letting off fireworks.
Bloody muppets.

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Yeah around here it’s like a warzone for weeks. Drives me insane. *********.

@dave28 he hides in our bathroom as it’s in the centre of the flat with no windows. It’s heartbreaking when he gets really scared but yeah i think we have to learn not to react to the noise ourselves as we get ****** off with it.
 
squerble said:
Not much you can do. Our dachshund has a very bad time with fireworks, always quivering, not being able to decide where to be/hide, and often weeing over rugs etc. We just have loud TV as much as possible. It'd be much easier if other people were considerate and set them off on one night only (OK, two if you count New Year's).

I like fireworks, but other people are beyond selfish setting them off for weeks. Government should probably either stop the sale to the public (bit harsh), or mandate silent fireworks.
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No i agree, their sale should be restricted. Too many halfwits sell them to anyone and the halfwits they sell them to set them off for weeks and weeks. The other night some idiots set off a box of about 50 rockets… at midnight. I would happily waterboard them.
 
One More Solo said:
Too late for this year but this has been a gamechanger for our greyhound: https://www.pipsbootique.com/shop-2

I’ve also heard people suggest desensitising them but again that will take weeks/months of loud noise exposure.

He was fine with them until some utter **** set one off in August last year when he was going out for a wee before bed and terrified him. He bolted and we didn’t find him for four hours.

I love fireworks but they should be for organised displays only. They create too many problems.
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Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll order one of these. Last year i butchered one of my jumpers to use the sleeve as a makeshift snood so this is ideal.
 
Had to get up at 3:30am then again an hour later to take him out. At 4:30am he was able to go for a walk again but, just as we turned the corner to one of his favourite spots, some mouth breathing ingrate set a firework off in the vicinity. You’d think these morons would have had their fun by then. :mad:
 
platinum87 said:
Your back is adjusting, lying down on your back on a hard floor should be perfectly comfortable.

The reason its not is due to bad posture. Keep doing it.

As for the dog, i would buy fireworks, have the dog watch me set it off, the dog will then learn, i remove something from a box, light it, it flies up, and explodes.

The other problem is, both you and your dog are hiding in the bathroom from this banging sound. You have basically taught your dog he should be afraid, and when it happens again, we should go hide together in the bathroom.
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There’s conflicting views on this so it’s difficult to know who is correct. He hides in there as it has no windows so it’s a den of sorts. When they get really bad he shakes a lot and his breathing becomes rapid. After some time with him and having the music on he starts to calm and then we leave him in there. He comes out on his own during the night.
 
Nasher said:
Dogs complain about fireworks for one night, neighbours complain about dogs barking all year.
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It’s not for one night though, it goes on for weeks. The main event was both nights over the weekend but they have been setting them off for at least two weeks around here. Then you have Diwali this weekend and NY.

The thread isn’t intended to end up in a whataboutism contest, it was mainly to see what other dog owners do to help alleviate the stress on their pets.
 
Mercifully it hasn’t been too bad around here. We have had some fireworks going off but barely even registered compared to last weekend.

The mutt retreated to the bathroom ac couple of times but came back out after a minute or so. Fingers crossed he’s starting to feel accustomed to it.
 
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