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and my dog will not stop barking. Shouldn't complain too much as it's not been as bad during the last few weeks but it's gonna be a long evening...

Yes my dogs petrified of them. Trouble is I can't allow her in the living room as she messes all over in fright and it does her no good anyway. I just have to let her deal with it best she can :(

Yes my dogs petrified of them. Trouble is I can't allow her in the living room as she messes all over in fright and it does her no good anyway. I just have to let her deal with it best she can :(


maybe you could/should stay in the other room with her to help her keep calm etc and give her lot's of love and reasurrance bless.

Yes my dogs petrified of them. Trouble is I can't allow her in the living room as she messes all over in fright and it does her no good anyway. I just have to let her deal with it best she can :(

Aww poor thing, if she is that scared you can get sedatives from the vet, I don't think that they are massively expensive either and she will feel so much better and sleep the night away, also don't over fuss her because she is scared it can make a dog more anxious, just act calm and as usual and let her settle, put her a loud radio or TV on plus a light to mask the loud bangs.

I am really lucky none of mine care about the fireworks at all...well apart from Thomas cat who has always been scared, he just hides till things quieten down, he is currently under the coffee table curled up bless him.

Yes a friend of mine told me not to fuss her as it'll only make her worse. It's so hard not to :(

She's the same with thunderstorms. I think I may have to try the sedative route although she seems relatively settled for now. Thankfully this year and last seem much quieter now they have clamped down on firework sales

I've just taken Molly out for a walk during the height of the fireworks and she was fine, walking to heel perfectly. I'm really amazed as she's normally such a nervous girl when it comes to new things.

We have the surround sound on pretty loud to try and drown out the sound. So far its working long may it continue.

But im betting it will be every night till probably monday round here Bonfire night seems to last longer each year. God i sound old now dont i oops

My poor rosie is a wreck :( She isn't shaking so thats an improvement but shes not a happy rottie, I don't wanna dope her up cos she has a senistive personality and digestion
Sasha nearly got hit with a firework and it hasn't bothered her, fearless rott or what? LOL
Rizz loves watching the pretty lights (hes a strange one)

My dogs fine at the moment-she was just having a wee outside whilst gazing up at the sky.....show her a feather or a woodlouse tho and she will be a nervous wreck.

Aww poor thing, if she is that scared you can get sedatives from the vet, I don't think that they are massively expensive either and she will feel so much better and sleep the night away, also don't over fuss her because she is scared it can make a dog more anxious, just act calm and as usual and let her settle, put her a loud radio or TV on plus a light to mask the loud bangs.

I am really lucky none of mine care about the fireworks at all...well apart from Thomas cat who has always been scared, he just hides till things quieten down, he is currently under the coffee table curled up bless him.


We have curtains shut and Tv on loud, no problem here thankfully.
All the small animals are ok , they have all the lights on and are listening to radio 2 , no one is stressed I keep popping oin and checking.

My bundles are fine, they go outside as normal, just stand and watch fireworks,

I feel for those who are frightened, its awful for them.

My daughter works at Pets at home and she says they sell things for pets to try and keep calm, maybe worth checking them out.

Afraid to say I drugged the GSD earlier with his ACP tablets we use for his travel sickness. He's still been woofing, but I think he'd have been far far worse without the drugs. The springer's just not bothered at all. Just looks at me like, "huh? what fireworks?" The cats have all been huddled together, but things have calmed down a bit round here now, just the odd bang now n again.

I'm one of the lucky ones, D has not battered an eyelid :lol: though he stayed a little closer when he went on his toliet break outside. We've spent a quick 15 mins doing some training/tricks and he's fast asleep now!

Well I never thought I'd say it but mine are fine!

Eddy's had a little bit of a shake and a tremble but he's also not very well, so I don't think it's all down to the fireworks.

Takara - the noise sensitive idiot is fine! She's laid in front of the fire totally non plussed and when a louder one goes off she sort of looks up and then goes back to her original position.
Usually, she'd be trying to get behind the tv and shaking!

KBlade have you tried anything for your dog? I'm surprised how effective Serene-Um has been for us and it doesn't sedate them, just makes them happy! Both of mine have had some and they're very relaxed now - it's designed to keep them calm but without making them drowsy and can be used for fireworks, aggression, nervousness and even making rewards seem more rewarding when training!

Maybe give it a try if you haven't already? It's worth trying it before going down the sedative route.

I'm shocked, but very happy at how settled my two are!

ours are amazingly very settled this year as long as they are sat with me but better than the shaking and crying we had last year

Yes a friend of mine told me not to fuss her as it'll only make her worse. It's so hard not to :(

It depends really how you do it.

If a dog gets a one off fright, gets trodden on, tail shut in the door, bitten by another dog etc. then fussing them can be very counter productive.

But for fireworks, I cover Eddy over with a blanket (tonight he's been fine, but other nights he hasn't! We've had a lot of fireworks here!) and sit with him.

There's nothing wrong with sitting with your dog and giving it a cuddle, as long as you, yourself are calm. Usually, if you fuss over your dog in one of the above situations you have a heightened level of tension and the petting is fast and makes them more anxious. If you sit and have a prolonged cuddle, maybe while you read a book or watch TV you are pretty much ignoring your dog but still providing the comfort and closeness that they need.

Dogs have it built into them that it's safer to be with others than on their own, so please don't ignore your dog or isolate it during this time of anxiety - a cuddle is fine as long as you're calm yourself.

mine have been watchin through the window.logan went out for a bob tho,and one went off over the wall,he cut his bob short and ran inside the house!!bless!!

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and my dog will not stop barking. Shouldn't complain too much as it's not been as bad during the last few weeks but it's gonna be a long evening...

I do think people should think about pets more on Bonfire Night.:)

That's one reason why I took Molly for a walk Lotti- to give her something to concentrate on with some on-lead practice and having some one to one time with her fave human talking to her throughout.

I talk to her almost constantly whilst walking on the lead even when there's nothing happening that she could be afraid of, so I've treated her completely normally and carried on encouraging her as calmly as normal- and she really seemed to respond to that.

All 3 cats who still have hearing are in a heap behind the sofa and that's fine because they're all reassuring each other (and Tiffy really doesn't care because she can't hear it all) and Phoebe and her babies are in the double glazed quietude of underneath a duvet in the attic all cuddled up together too.

I've been very lucky, this time round.

Destruct o pup was on the garden having a tiddle, and the fireworks were going off over our heads, and, bless her, she didn't make a murmur.

Old dog, however, hated fireworks with a vengeance, and would go crackers when they went off. I'm sort of glad that he isn't here to be driven bananas by the fireworks going off this last week or so.

My poor cat Fudge is walking round the house with her belly touching the floor - she literally looks like she's under fire! Her eyes are wide and she's jumping out of her skin every time she hears a firework. I can't believe she's so scared - last year she had a litter of kittens and i was really worried about her but she hardly flinched. Poor baby.

Her son Georgie is charging round the house at full pelt with my foster cat Oblee, playing chase each other's tail as normal - think they both think i just have the telly on a bit too loud :hihi:

what makes me laugh is people dont like my dogs barking but they dont mind setting repeat bangers and rockets off over my garden , i am talking the really loud ones also its hard enough for pets but my boys 8 and 5 are autistic and it terrifies them they cover there ears and are scare so i have hd double trouble tonight

It depends really how you do it.

If a dog gets a one off fright, gets trodden on, tail shut in the door, bitten by another dog etc. then fussing them can be very counter productive.

But for fireworks, I cover Eddy over with a blanket (tonight he's been fine, but other nights he hasn't! We've had a lot of fireworks here!) and sit with him.

There's nothing wrong with sitting with your dog and giving it a cuddle, as long as you, yourself are calm. Usually, if you fuss over your dog in one of the above situations you have a heightened level of tension and the petting is fast and makes them more anxious. If you sit and have a prolonged cuddle, maybe while you read a book or watch TV you are pretty much ignoring your dog but still providing the comfort and closeness that they need.

Dogs have it built into them that it's safer to be with others than on their own, so please don't ignore your dog or isolate it during this time of anxiety - a cuddle is fine as long as you're calm yourself.

Thankyou for the advice :)

What I did last year was let her sit under my legs which at the time were under my desk (dark) and I ignored her (but this was late on when she was able to sit still as she just doesn't amid it all). Fussing made her hyper (more hyper, if thats possible with her lol) so I just let her lay there. This year she seemed more 'initially' shocked and then settled relatively OK. Still very frightened but not trying to chew her way into every single corner in the house despite wether it was a solid door or not!

The worst part with her is the beginning. Once she realises she seems to settle but the early part of the evening when they start is awful. She pants rapidly, wee's (and the other sometimes), scratches the floor and doors until she makes her paws bleed so it's difficult. Can't leave her alone as she gets in a state, can't fuss her as she gets hyper and worse... :(

I ended up having an interesting night last night. I stayed with the horses a bit longer, they were a bit alert but not too bad. Rhia has got a lot better with them the last few years, she still listens, but is getting the hang of it and realises she isn't being shot at. :rolleyes: Her bed wasn't any messier than normal this morning so I know she wasn't pacing around in fear. The old cats were looking after the 2 kittens, all snuggled up on the make-do radiator (hay steamer) keeping warm, so no problems there. Infact one of the kittens followed up to the field with them going off, but she is just stupid and a bit of a shadow.

When I got home it was a different story, Oz had been with me at the yard fine, as he usually is. I hadn't realised the pub that backs onto my house were having a do. I'd been home about 5 minutes when the living room started lighting up, I looked outside and there were big big fireworks going off. So Oz started barking at them. :rolleyes: I went outside to check on the rabbits that were in the middle of a war zone, Smirnoff came hopping out of his tube into the bunny garden (They have a permanant shed/house/run thing) without a care in the world but Sky was quite scared. So I bundled them both up and brought them into the living room. I then went to rescue Oz, who had chickened out of his fight with the flahing banging thing in the garden and ran upstairs. Laughed at him for being silly, his tail started wagging and he decided to come and brave it. Wasn't bothered after that, buns in the house were far more fun, even though Smirnoff wouldn't play ball. instead :rant: Smirnoff decided to be the usual pain in the ***** he can be. :hihi: Plant pot over, dog food eaten, cushions attacked carrot nicked from Oz's bed, he is so cheeky. He has a cheeky bounce after he has been clapped at as if he knows what he is doing. Sky had a cuddle and a hop around and was an angel. The living room hasn't been bunny proofed since they both went outside.

The fireworks went off for about 40 mins :o with the room lighting up, then buns went back out and everything back to normal. Little pig and Heff didn't notice a thing, but they were on the other side of the house with some redi-grass for distraction. Most of this time I'm huddled under a blanket freezing without the heating on so the buns didn't get too warm.

Well it wasnt too bad here either, must be the credit crunch as we only had a few. Unfortunately though, it only takes one to turn mine into gibbering wrecks for the entire evening.
I tried a dap collar, skullcap and valerian and a TTouch type top for Phoebe last night, all to no avail. I suppose we are back to the acp's in future which I am not happy about, but it is the only thing that works for my lot. I have tried everything else without success.:rant:

Well our bonfire night ended up really well, at one point we had a wee bit of barking but nothing much, Thomas came out from under the table and jumped on my knee purring happily, Oliver cat was fascinated and loved them, from behind a window I might add :hihi:, bunnies were hopping happily in the porch and pigs just did usual piggy things.

It all went pretty dead about 11 and normality was restored (well normal as it gets in this house :rolleyes:) just waiting to get round 2 over at the weekend now!

Do you think it will be another big night on Saturday?

Do you think it will be another big night on Saturday?

Well last night was a bit of a horrible night so I reckon lots will do it Saturday instead...but could be wrong (I hope) :rolleyes:

http://www.peakvets.co.uk/Images/Newsletter%20Autumn%202007complete%20v2.pdf
Peak vets have a good fireworks section in their new news letter.

Well last night was a bit of a horrible night so I reckon lots will do it Saturday instead...but could be wrong (I hope) :rolleyes:


I tend to think Friday and Saturday will be worst.