As we sit here listening to a specific CD at a relatively high volume, Maggie is curled up behind my chair as tight into the corner as she can get.
There are fireworks going off all around us, and whilst I feel a little guilty at wishing it had continued to chuck down the rain and spoil everyone’s fun, I find myself thinking what a selfish race of beings we humans are.
In the distance I heard a dog howl when the first one went up. Maggie had just gone out for her first wee since we got back from shopping and bolted back indoors ‘un-gone’.
I got her outside a couple of minutes later for the deed, and Hubby had just taken the bag off her foot to keep it dry when another whopper went off as I closed the door.
Photos: mine taken at Stratford Upon Avon 2015.
Whoever is setting these things off are pretty close to us, and I just hope they don’t have more up their sleeve for tomorrow. I can see pretty stars, golden flashes and red flares in the night sky through the blinds, but why do the manufacturers have to make them so loud????
There are an awful lot of dogs on our little estate. I wonder how many of them have had to be sedated or given some form of tranquilizer available over the counter for them to get through it.
We tried one of these OTC remedies, and it knocked Maggie for six but not the way we had hoped. She was more of a nervous wreck than if we hadn’t given her any.
I was speaking to a lady earlier in the week who had decided to stay an extra week in her caravan because her house backs on to grounds where they have firework displays every year. Her little dog was only the size of my foot, and she didn’t want him to be frightened.
I think if she’s still here, the little chap will be terrified.
This CD is our Pure Moods, the one we played at night when Maggie was a puppy. I think I mentioned in an earlier post that I’d managed to purchase a three CD mini hi-fi system for £15. We’ve put in Il Divo and both Pure Moods CDs so they are on a continuous loop. Maggie is far from happy, and we’ve covered her head with a blanket as the whistlers have started and she’s begun to shake.
We can’t console her. This is the worst we’ve ever experienced with her, even the display up at Stratford-on-Avon for the boat festival didn’t go on for as long or was so continuously noisy. She’s tried hiding under the bed where it’s dark, and also taken herself into the bathroom to try to escape it. Barney used to hide in the bath behind the shower curtain.
Tomorrow we will be going out in the car in the evening just in case.
Oh how we miss the boat!
It’s been going on for well over an hour now and I wish they would get their grand finale out of the way and go indoors! Either that or it pelts down with rain and they all get bloody soaked!!!
Aw shit. Another lot has just started to our left.
pensitivity101 
My heart breaks for all the dogs (and cats and other animals outside tonight). We can’t hear any from inside the boat with the telly on but thinking it had stopped I took my two out for a wee about 10 minutes ago. There was still a lot of distant fireworks but amazingly my dogs didn’t take any notice. I think it might be because we used to live near a firing range and they got used to the bangs eventually. Hope it all finishes soon for you xx
Thanks. What kind of boat are you on? Widebeam or narrow?
I’ve spent half the evening holding Tess, our collie. She is still shaking with fear and panting. It’s a cruel time of year for pets.
Oh Steve, I am so sorry. We had them for well over two hours last night and Maggie was a wreck. We are going for a drive tonight just in case we have a round 2.
I hope Tess is calmer this morning. People just do not realise the terror they cause pets with their noise and thoughtlessness. I’m a killjoy I know, but I wish the damn things were banned, or designed to be silent. Maggie was wary to go out first thing, but with a bit of encouragement she did the business then bolted back inside.
Hugs and bikkies by proxy for Tess bless her.
Thank you, and from Tess and Misti (Rag Doll cat rescue) to Maggie xx
Oh bless Misti too. Is she OK?
She is not so affected. Just darts back inside the house. But Tess is terrified.
Poor baby.
It’s high time all fireworks were banned. If you can’t buy them, you can’t torture animals!
I was speaking to Bro in NZ last night and he said there had been some major accidents with fireworks near him involving children. One woman apparently dragged a child away from a display that went horribly wrong and has been badly burned saving the child’s life.
Oh that is just awful. I really think the general public should stay clear of fireworks.
Well-organised public displays setup by experts – fine.
My eldest nephew has a licence for fireworks displays and says tens of thousands of pounds go up in smoke over about twenty minutes. Bro said that they are trying to get them banned over there.
Fireworks have been banned here for years – but you still hear the odd one.
Sigh.
Is there a holiday there? We won’t have fireworks until New Year’s Eve and because it’s so doggone cold, there won’t be much.
Nope, no holiday, just idiots, and would you believe here in afternoon daylight they are setting even more off! It starts before Halloween and continues off and on up to New Year and beyond until about the 5th of January.
That is weird. That’s not allowed here and we’ve been pushing for people to get a permit for fireworks. Every year someone loses a digit or a hand. Idiots!
It’s common over here I’m afraid. It’s too much and there is little restriction other than the purchaser’s age. Ms Me-nie here thinks they should all be banned.
I’m with her.