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Our cat couldn’t give two shits. If it’s not running away from him, edible or stroking his belly he doesn’t care.
Got a pair of rescue dogs … neither of whome can cope.
The younger one is OK with the first couple of fireworks. But once they become more consistent he gets anxious. I think we can train through that though. We’ve only had him this year, so this is our first experience.
The older girl. As soon as the first bang goes off she’s a shaking mess. Refuses treats and training just causes her more anxiety. She will completely ignore loud bangs on the TV, so that training method on other days doesn’t help.
My dog will bark and generally be alert, but mostly doesn’t notice them if there is some background noise like the TV or music playing. It’s only really as problem when shoe goes outside at night for toileting and one goes off.
It would be a lot easier on animals if it was still Fireworks Night, and not Fireworks Fortnight as it seems to be now. In my area there are fireworks right through Halloween to Remembrance Day. Pets aren’t the only animals affected by them, livestock and wild animals can suffer too.
We made a point of giving our dogs firework training when they were young and it’s paid off… they’re currently both asleep, completely uninterested in whatever the humans are up to.
What are some good tips for fireworks training?
Do it young is the biggest thing… once they’re adults it’s much harder because you’re overcoming existing fear.
You only get a few days a year but we took them outside and let them watch, showed them we weren’t scared… they both find the pretty lights fascinating, and being able to see what is making the whistles and bangs helps I think.
Sometimes need to reinforce it with the younger one, although this year he’s been mostly fine. The older one doesn’t GAF.
Great. Our dog watched our fireworks with us. She loved it.
Cats are asleep, not giving a shit.
One of them did sneak outside last night just before a very big one went off - so big I jumped too - and he hid under a hedge for 10 mins until I found him.
The cats are doing good, the older one was a little surprised by the first big boomer of the night but has since determined that her box is not falling down and has fallen asleep. Younger one is completely oblivious l, just happily harassing me for food because it’s nearly feeding time (but was a street stray before us so maybe she’s just happy to be inside).
I took the dog on a big walk through the forest this afternoon to tire her out; she has taken up a defensive position sat on my wife on the sofa and is monitoring the situation, but so far no freaking out (she’s normally pretty reactive) so I think we’re doing well.
Fast asleep. My dog sleeps through anything except for the rustling of a plastic bag or me getting my keys.
I’m petless but we lost one of our dogs up the chimney one Bonfire Night and took to sedating them afterwards. I feel sorry for the furry people tonight - it’s like 'Nam out there at the moment.
