The Fire Works area about to start

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gooddogman Leesburg, Florida USA

Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:50 AM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

I really don't like this time of year...don't get me wrong I am as American as Apple pie on the 4th of JULY...I just hate fire works...they are DANGEROUS...and ...Scare the HELL out of animals
So please watch out for your pets...I always take special care to keep my dogs up during July..The dogs hearing is more sensitive to these LOUD unpredictable BLAST...I have hunting dogs that love their job. The report of a gun means a falling bird to them but Blast after Blast with no falling bird is a good way to ruin a good dog. If your dog runs to you in fear (this may be hard for some ) don't PET them this will reinforce the shyness and make matters worse. Act normal like it is no big deal don't baby talk to them either, just go about your business like nothing is different. When we pet the animal we reinforce the behavior we want, if you try to comfort them by petting and talking you will only make shyness worse. If you have a thunder or storm shy dog you can try, this put a T shirt on them. This does work on some that won't rip it off. It seem to make them feel more secure...Try it. Keep all are pets Safe and You also HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY 4TH of JULY.....

trish123 Lancashire, Lancashire, England UK

Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:10 AM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

gooddogman: I really don't like this time of year...don't get me wrong I am as American as Apple pie on the 4th of JULY...I just hate fire works...they are DANGEROUS...and ...Scare the HELL out of animals
So please watch out for your pets...I always take special care to keep my dogs up during July..The dogs hearing is more sensitive to these LOUD unpredictable BLAST...I have hunting dogs that love their job. The report of a gun means a falling bird to them but Blast after Blast with no falling bird is a good way to ruin a good dog. If your dog runs to you in fear (this may be hard for some ) don't PET them this will reinforce the shyness and make matters worse. Act normal like it is no big deal don't baby talk to them either, just go about your business like nothing is different. When we pet the animal we reinforce the behavior we want, if you try to comfort them by petting and talking you will only make shyness worse. If you have a thunder or storm shy dog you can try, this put a T shirt on them. This does work on some that won't rip it off. It seem to make them feel more secure...Try it. Keep all are pets Safe and You also HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY 4TH of JULY.....

I totally agree GDM, thanks for remembering our furry friends

Big_John Ocean Springs, Mississippi USA

Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:36 AM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

My pets are alway scared on the 4th of July. Also, I almost lost my home to brush fires when I lived in southern California. Every year fireworks started dangerous fires there. I find it difficult to understand the joy in setting off fireworks in a place like California knowing how many people have lost their homes due to this. I was ask to leave my home at 1:30AM in the morning and not knowing whether it would be there when I returned.

bestbefore poole, Dorset, England UK

Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:41 AM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

Big_John: My pets are alway scared on the 4th of July. Also, I almost lost my home to brush fires when I lived in southern California. Every year fireworks started dangerous fires there. I find it difficult to understand the joy in setting off fireworks in a place like California knowing how many people have lost their homes due to this. I was ask to leave my home at 1:30AM in the morning and not knowing whether it would be there when I returned.

My small dog is terrified of Fireworks and in Spain every Fiesta is an excuse. She is also terrified of thunderstorms which are very frequent in the long hot summers.

ladyfingers clovis, New Mexico USA

Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:43 AM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

I had a little dog that used to run back and forth in the back yard barking and trying to chase the fireworks in the sky, tale awagging. He didn't want to be in the house...he was having too much fun.

My other dogs didn't like them tho...and I'm afraid that I was guilty of comforting them.

sambhava Vasteras, Vastmanland Sweden

Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:18 AM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

I think American pets should try taking a few lessons from battle-hardened Iraqi pets...

In response to: I really don't like this time of year...don't get me wrong I am as American as Apple pie on the 4th of JULY...I just hate fire works...they are DANGEROUS...and ...Scare the HELL out of animals
So please watch out for your pets...I always take special care to keep my dogs up during July..The dogs hearing is more sensitive to these LOUD unpredictable BLAST...I have hunting dogs that love their job. The report of a gun means a falling bird to them but Blast after Blast with no falling bird is a good way to ruin a good dog. If your dog runs to you in fear (this may be hard for some ) don't PET them this will reinforce the shyness and make matters worse. Act normal like it is no big deal don't baby talk to them either, just go about your business like nothing is different. When we pet the animal we reinforce the behavior we want, if you try to comfort them by petting and talking you will only make shyness worse. If you have a thunder or storm shy dog you can try, this put a T shirt on them. This does work on some that won't rip it off. It seem to make them feel more secure...Try it. Keep all are pets Safe and You also HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY 4TH of JULY.....

ladyfingers clovis, New Mexico USA

Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:43 AM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

sambhava: I think American pets should try taking a few lessons from battle-hardened Iraqi pets...

i don't have any t-shirts....would a bra work just as well?

bodleing Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester, England UK

Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:49 AM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

My dog loves fireworks.

He's mesmerized by them. He love to watch rockets
and particularly enjoys roman candles.

He's a bit weird like that.

wetpanties kelowna, British Columbia Canada

Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:25 PM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

I prefer a good old fashioned whip creaming!!! Less noise!!

pubwrite08 District Heights, Maryland USA

Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:29 PM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

gooddogman: I really don't like this time of year...don't get me wrong I am as American as Apple pie on the 4th of JULY...I just hate fire works...they are DANGEROUS...and ...Scare the HELL out of animals
So please watch out for your pets...I always take special care to keep my dogs up during July..The dogs hearing is more sensitive to these LOUD unpredictable BLAST...I have hunting dogs that love their job. The report of a gun means a falling bird to them but Blast after Blast with no falling bird is a good way to ruin a good dog. If your dog runs to you in fear (this may be hard for some ) don't PET them this will reinforce the shyness and make matters worse. Act normal like it is no big deal don't baby talk to them either, just go about your business like nothing is different. When we pet the animal we reinforce the behavior we want, if you try to comfort them by petting and talking you will only make shyness worse. If you have a thunder or storm shy dog you can try, this put a T shirt on them. This does work on some that won't rip it off. It seem to make them feel more secure...Try it. Keep all are pets Safe and You also HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY 4TH of JULY.....

I do not have a new dog yet, But I was told I would be getting a black Lab in the near future. However, I remember having a dog afraid of thunderstorms. He followed me around tripped me up, by accident. I did ignore him though. Thanks gooddogman

gooddogman Leesburg, Florida USA

Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:59 PM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

ladyfingers: i don't have any t-shirts....would a bra work just as well?

If it is not to big....

gooddogman Leesburg, Florida USA

Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:01 PM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

wetpanties: I prefer a good old fashioned whip creaming!!! Less noise!!

I'll have to try it will Cool whip work taste good to dogs might want to lick it off....

gooddogman Leesburg, Florida USA

Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:14 PM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

sambhava: I think American pets should try taking a few lessons from battle-hardened Iraqi pets...

I have heard they taste good with curry....

Polarbutterfly Somewhere, Northwest Territories Canada

Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:19 PM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

Would you believe that on New Year's Eve
we didn't have any fireworks at all?
So,as a community,we got the rangers
to form lights out on the bay and
shoot guns in the air.
It was very pretty sight to see.

sambhava Vasteras, Vastmanland Sweden

Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:22 PM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

I'm still trying to work out why on earth any pet would want to rip off something so cheap as a T-shirt...?

ladyfingers: i don't have any t-shirts....would a bra work just as well?

sambhava Vasteras, Vastmanland Sweden

Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:29 PM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

Only when eaten from the pulsating stomach of a beautiful, nubile female lying prostrate across the kitchen table...(A delicacy only for the privileged few, I'm afraid).

gooddogman: I have heard they taste good with curry....

rose150T Viseu, Viseu Portugal

Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:36 PM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

gooddogman: I really don't like this time of year...don't get me wrong I am as American as Apple pie on the 4th of JULY...I just hate fire works...they are DANGEROUS...and ...Scare the HELL out of animals
So please watch out for your pets...I always take special care to keep my dogs up during July..The dogs hearing is more sensitive to these LOUD unpredictable BLAST...I have hunting dogs that love their job. The report of a gun means a falling bird to them but Blast after Blast with no falling bird is a good way to ruin a good dog. If your dog runs to you in fear (this may be hard for some ) don't PET them this will reinforce the shyness and make matters worse. Act normal like it is no big deal don't baby talk to them either, just go about your business like nothing is different. When we pet the animal we reinforce the behavior we want, if you try to comfort them by petting and talking you will only make shyness worse. If you have a thunder or storm shy dog you can try, this put a T shirt on them. This does work on some that won't rip it off. It seem to make them feel more secure...Try it. Keep all are pets Safe and You also HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY 4TH of JULY.....

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I am in Portugal but how I can understand you. Fire works...I am in an area of forest... there is a lot of villages, in August all the migrant people come for holidays and there are popular festivals, all over. Bad music and fireworks and as everybody wants to "show off" as more fire works as the best...
In the recent past we had very large and serious fires in the forests, near the villages... we lost thousand and tousands of tree... but this currente year we will have elections and I am wating to see if the Mayor will signe or not the order to stop this non sense.
This is a small world and the problems are the same.
Rose

Witchaywoman Carpentersville, Illinois USA

Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:01 PM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

That's true. My mom's new cat dislikes thunder. I bet he will dislike the fourth of July intensely. Poor little guy.

ladyfingers clovis, New Mexico USA

Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:55 PM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

gooddogman: If it is not to big....

Not!

gooddogman Leesburg, Florida USA

Wed Jul 1, 2009 7:29 AM CST : The Fire Works area about to start..

ladyfingers: Not!

I think it might work for a Tea-Cup Poodle....

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