I Hate My New Neighbors

[columbine]

Smudge and I are enjoying some spirited bagpipe tunes this evening. Doesn't do much about the subsonics, but at least the fact that I'm blasting loud music is something familiar and comforting.

Love, Columbine

[Taz_Zoee]

We did fireworks last night at my parents house. My mom's dog, Pepsi, freaked out so we put her back in the garage in her crate and she was fine. My brothers dogs, Boo and Lucy fell asleep on the grass while we were setting them off. Zoee sat beside me with her back facing them. I think her blue eye is sensitive to them. So then she went up on the porch with my dad and sat with him for most of the time. She didn't shake or anything.
Fireworks are illegal here in my town. But that doesn't stop people...last week I saw some going off in the sky!! And we live right by a park so there are usually some going off over there. DJ was so scared of them, he would try to hide behind me no matter where I was. I think Zoee will be fine. I feel so bad for the doggies and kitties who are so scared of them.

[chocolatepuppy]

I don't know how I'll get Layla out tonight.

As soon as the fireworks were over, it started pouring rain! So I figured the million other people who are shooting off stuff will stop, so I ran the dogs out in the pouring rain.

[dogzr#1]

Oh I know what you mean. We're having a bad thunderstorm right now with lots of booming thunder which scared Prince a lot and to top it all off, there's lots of fireworks going on. I don't think he's going to be able to go outside tonight. He's under the bed shaking.

I hope the fireworks are over soon for all of dogs everywhere. *huggles to all of the scared doggies and kitties*

[Jessika]

I must be lucky, because none of my animals mind it at all. Grant it, fireworks aren't allowed to be shot here, but even LOUD thunder storms don't freak my gang out.

It doesn't bother me so long as it's legal to shoot them off at that particular area. I mean, I totalllly understand why you'd be upset, but at the same time, the neighbors can't know that your dogs may be terrified of fireworks to stop shooting them. You know?? If you have a basement, can you put on a loud radio or something to help drown the noise?

[jennielynn1970]

We've had neighbors shooting off fireworks for the past few days, started last weekend. Last night was HORRIBLE. I was awake all night because they were setting off quarter sticks or M80s or something along with everything else. Super huge booms with the house shaking. My cats were not happy campers and were shaking and under my bed and under the sofas.

I live in the middle of Allentown (Billy Joel song...), and am unfortunate enough to live close to degenerates who behave like animals, and obviously don't care what they do or when they do it. Cops were called because it was going on all night, and mostly at the bar/transient person hotel up the block till about 4:30am. It was just ridiculous that the cops weren't doing anything to stop them and with all the disturbance they cause, and lord knows what kind of damage...

[Twisterdog]

My dogs could care less. They might bark once at an especially loud one, but they'll get over it. They also bark once at back-firing cars, sirens, motor-cycles, etc.

My kids and husband are out in the desert right now doing fireworks. I don't go, because I am a worrier and spoil everyone's fun.

[krazyaboutkatz]

This year I've been pretty lucky so far. I heard a few small ones last night but it didn't last very long. Tonight I can hear some being set off and it's most likely coming from Great America which is an amusement park. I just stayed home and watched them on tv. My cats don't seem to be too bothered by them. The first year that I had Sky, he hid under my bed all night.

[IRescue452]

We had such bad rain Tuesday night that we had flash flood warnings, and yet the city next to us still carried on their fireworks display!!

[Daisy and Delilah]

All I can say is thank goodness we've finally made it through last night. My neighborhood has turned into a 16 location full blown fireworks show. I can view professional looking fireworks from anywhere I'm sitting on my back porch. They're illegal but still happening all over??? How do these people get away with it?

I love to see fireworks as much as the next person but when I feel Delilah may collapse any minute, I get really upset. What a terrible night. Now, the neighbor right behind me has set up those launching things and it sounded like bombs were going off until around 3 a.m. I hope we don't have another night of this tonight!!!

[robinh]

My neighbors set off a fairly professional display last night. It lit up the darkness outside. I had given the doggies the Rescue Remedy a couple of times early last evening in preparation for the event. So when the fireworks started, we had one barking fit and then everyone calmed down and went to sleep. I'll have to do it again tonight. These bozos will keep it up for a couple more nights.

[elizabethann]

Wow all of you must live close to cities are something, cause when we have our Canada day holiday we are far enough away from the fireworks that it doesn't bother any of our animals, then again they are half bomb proof as it is lol.

I hope that your doggies and cats come out soon and feel better, I can understand why it would be so scary to them, such a loud noise.

Happy Independance Day!

Actually, I live in a small town of about 5,000 people. The neighbors just buy fireworks and shoot them off on their land.

I can hear the muffling of the big city fireworks which is about 12 miles from where I live. That doesn't scare Fenway. It's just the ones next door.

They better not shoot them off tonight or y'all may have to post my bail.

[elizabethann]

Oh...and Fenway broke my heart last night.

I thought he was under the bed so I went and checked on him. He was in the bathroom, wedged between the toilet seat the shower stall. He was trying to get away from the noise. It just broke my heart.

[lvpets2002]

Oh I know what all of you are talking about.. My girls hide under the covers & or under the bed all night.. My dogs even freaked out.. I talked to them trying to calm them.. Thank goodness all the Biggest Badest Boom Booms are just once a year.. I dont even do Halloween for trick or treaters any longer due to the door bell ringing over & over just sets the girls into orbit..

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Poor Fenway. I know the 4th of July is a scary holiday for pets. I used to have a neighbor who had to get sedatives prescribed for her dog before the 4th, because he was so terrified of the noise.

My pets did ok- there were a few neighbors who were letting off fireworks but the dogs just barked, and didn't seem too upset- but we shut the windows anyway. Then, luckily, it started pouring rain (and it hasn't rained in several weeks) as it got dark enough to shoot them off. I was pretty glad when we could open the windows again because we don't have A/C!