So whose pets are in hiding from all the big scary fireworks?

[diabeticman]

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I don't mean to be cruel but we have this one cat who is afraid of everything and this poor thing is hiding under our bed-which seems to be his safe zone.

He came out from under the bed in hopes to get some food and he heard a huge bang and his little legs rush back to the bed.


poor thing.

anyways I just hope other people's pets are doing better.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. YES! They (and I) hate the fireworks sounds. Visuals = OK, Boom = bad.

[diabeticman]

2. My wife can get jump at times. Our new place is situated on a corner and my wife said people start

letting off 11pm last night have basically been going off all day today and so far all night.

[pipi_k]

8. If they could

take the noise out of them, they'd be great.

I like to see them on TV, but not in person.

The sound waves going through my body freak me out. It's almost painful.

[Denninmi]

3. My dog doesn't care.

He's asleep in the couch like it's any other night. There are a lot of fireworks going off all around right now, since it gets dark here around 10-10:15 pm in early July.

[Paulie]

4. Cat doesn't care.

Kids don't want to go to sleep because they want to watch. I'm going to pay tomorrow with tired kids. Cat will probably wake me up early for her morning treat.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. My poor goldie is under a desk that is almost too small for the cat.

He is wedged up against my leg, shaking the whole top, keyboard and puter.
And this is on 10mg of Valium.
His, not mine.
Across the highway, about 3/4 mile off, are a bunch of fools shooting off what sounds like cannons.
They obviously have bought out the illegal fireworks stand.
Plus, there is a thunder storm approaching, which the dog hates, so in the background of cannon fire, come the booms of thunder.
The ONLY saving grace is no one on my street is doing fireworks.
The down side is we will be hearing them for several nights this week, damn fools seem to have learned delayed gratification, and they save some up for later.


Whippersnappers........

[pipi_k]

6. Poor guy... :(

My two girls would be hiding in their crates right now, after chowing down on their natural calming tabs, except the twits down the hill are either out of town, or were too broke to buy their stinking firecrackers this year.

I guess no nearby towns are putting them on (legally) either, because even though they'd be a few miles away, these two can hear thunder when it's 10, 20, or even more, miles away.

Fireworks suck.

[onehandle]

7. Ours. We just found him hiding in a dark bathroom.

He doesn't leave our sides, usually.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Lots of firecrackers popping off outside, cats seem unimpressed.

They are just doing normal cat stuff.

[applegrove]

10. I always make sure I find my cat when loud thunder or fireworks take place. I hold her

and bring her out, and cuddle her and let her see that I am not scared.

[bluedigger]

11. Mine.

We live six blocks from the park where they do it. She was on my lap for the first ten minutes of test fires and then retreated into the bedroom, leaving me covered in dog hair. Amazing how fast she sheds when she's scared. On the plus side, I had a great view just from walking across the street and looking down it.

[murielm99]

12. My dog and cat don't care.

Our previous dog was so scared by the noise that she once got stuck under a bed. It was a captain-style bed, in my son's room. We had to remove the mattress and lift the bed to get her out.

[Brother Buzz]

13. My girl is profoundly deaf and will be totally oblivious to the public fireworks

two-and-a-half blocks away.



Years ago, it was a different story entirely.

[Lil Missy]

14. Mine is sedated. I just ordered a Thundershirt for him.

It's too late for the fireworks but there are still the storms that terrify him.

[mnhtnbb]

15. Our previous dog, Tanya, HATED fireworks and thunder. She would shake with fear.

The cats were never bothered. Last night our current dog, Snowy, was spread out under the ceiling fan in the room where I was
watching TV and barely moved--even when the sound of the fireworks going off at the nearby
stadium could be heard over the sound of the TV.

It's strange how some dogs/cats are bothered and others aren't.

[olddots]

16. Our Jack Russel is still freaked out 12 hours later

We live right behind the high school where they have turned a simple little fire works display into Noise-a-paloosa ,starting at 2 P.M
with assorted disco dribble with 8 slave made subwoofers belting out 50 cycle distortion followed by tacky fake patriotic country western for an hour or two then some soothing X inspired industrial dip shit rave monotony . By this time most animals in a three square mile radius are foaming at the mouth when the combination line dancing and Koto music starts ,this lasts thru the over priced dinner option and then as the sun sets gently in the west the semi professional but very expensive festival of war bullshit starts.

Not far from here in Simi Valley Cal. over a dozen people were injured when their fire works display messed up --call me a joyless old fart but this holiday has become another man made hell .

[Joey Liberal]

17. My dog was terrified

Poor thing hid in a corner.

[EdwardSmith74]

18. Mine did, but we also had a lot of "illegals" going off in the neighborhood. M-80s and such.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

19. My dog seems much less threatened...

...by fireworks down the street than by a fly being swatted across the room.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

20. My two Great Pyrenees hated it

We have some idiots who live behind us who set off fireworks every July 4th, frequently until one or two in the morning. Apparently, the concept of "their neighbors have to go to work in the morning" means nothing to them.

[AndyA]

21. I always feel so bad for the pets and animals outdoors that are afraid

Last night, I was in bed at 11:30 and heard fireworks, which aren't permitted in the city by law. I thought how rude and inconsiderate those people were, since some need to sleep so they can work tomorrow (today). Also, I thought of all the animals outdoors and the wildlife that's likely traumatized by the noise, plus the danger to property from fire.

It's not like they can't see fireworks if they want to, the city spends over $100,000 on them, plus lots of private organizations do fireworks as well, all professionally presented with safety in mind.

Several years ago, the kids down the street were standing in a neighbor's driveway--the house was vacant at the time--shooting off fireworks. The next morning, I found several spent fireworks on my WOOD deck, in my back yard.

I was not nice when I spoke to the father.