We have had pops, bangs, whizzes and whooshes for the past half hour, and not only are they are still going strong, but they’re getting louder, so hopefully the grand finale frantic megga whoosh and almighty bang is literally minutes away.
Luckily for us, Maggie so far isn’t too bothered, curled up on her cushion asleep, we think probably a combination of yesterday and the antibiotics. We know some that we take make us sleepy.
I’m rather glad about that as anyone who has a pet that is terrified of this horrendous noise will know how futile it is trying to comfort them as they quiver and shake. You feel helpless and angry that people are so inconsiderate, and sometimes we are real killjoys and pray for rain!
We tried some calming medication but it didn’t work for Maggie, so now we make sure there is a dark place she can hide if she wants to and that she has 100% access to us.
Hubby is watching a film on Youtube and has turned the volume up a little.
Previously, we’d put our DVD ‘Battle: Los Angeles’ on as that is noisy and she’s used to it because we’ve watched it so many times.
This particular display is less than a mile away at the clubhouse down the road.
It’s all very pretty, as we can see the coloured sparks through our closed blinds, though it wasn’t advertised, as is the one scheduled for tomorrow three miles away.
Hopefully it doesn’t mean fireworks for two hours.
And that’s just the weekend. If last year is anything to go by, there will be a lot of fireworks going off on the estate throughout the evening, and it will be a nightmare picking a ‘quiet moment’ to get her out to pee.
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So sorry that you have to put up with so many fireworks. We are lucky: we literally live in the sticks. Any fireworks are so far away that Sherks isn’t bothered at all. Neither are we 😁
I’m green, and not just the fireworks thing. We miss the peace and quiet of the boat, though we did have fireworks, just not so many or so close.
I was eating my words 😁 just when I finished commenting they had fireworks at the sports field close by. Wasn’t too loud though and Sherks wasn’t bothered at all. We only have her since January so we were not sure how she’ll cope. But she is an ex-racer so maybe she is used to loud noises.
So glad Sherks isn’t bothered by fireworks. Ours finally stopped around 9.30.
Thanks. Hope Maggie will be ok! 😚
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Fireworks are beautiful, but the noise is horrible, poor animals, they suffer without knowing that all the noise is only for the pleasure of humans.
I just wish someone could invent a quiet firework with all the prettiness. They’d make a fortune.
I’m glad that Maggie was coping so far. 🙂
Tonight we have a big display and then of course we have all the local stuff to come. So far, so good though.
I know Maggie is not totally deaf, but I wonder if some hearing loss is enough to cut out the worst of the bangs? My old dog Madam certainly coped better with thunder storms when she lost some of her hearing.
We’re actually hoping this is the case as she hardly stirred last night for the duration. Certainly nothing like last year, so fingers crossed.
Good luck. 🙂
It there a holiday going on? We won’t have fireworks until New Year’s Eve and that isn’t like the summer ones because no one wants to stand outside in the cold.
No holidays, just people who like fireworks, the louder the better it would appear. New Year will also be noisy, but hopefully we’ll all be tucked up in bed when they start. People seem to do a Mexican wave with the damn things, as soon as one set finishes, another starts.