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Dogs and fireworks / thunder / guns

Daniela, true, the only dogs I have had which were nervous about noise were rescue dogs who came to me as adults.

I used to have a really hot seat, any horse I got on danced all over the place quivering to go go go go (not swishing tail or putting ears back, just suddenly filled with vim and vigour) but yup, as you say, purely picking up on me. As I grew calmer (and less keen to risk being bounced on the ground) so did they

Dogs and fireworks / thunder / guns

Wen, great that she had a safe place, I think the problem with my poor previous dog was that nowhere seemed safe, although she seemed a bit more rational in the car - i.e. was wild-eyed but didn't try to dig her way out.

Dogs and fireworks / thunder / guns

And I hope your hunting dog got a more than fair share of the bag since she had done her more than fair share of the work

Dogs and fireworks / thunder / guns

Mic, good thinking! that's how they get horses out of burning stables, too. And how I stop my current dog biting the vet, a towel over her head before she can see the syringe

Dogs and fireworks / thunder / guns

Bear, had you had them all from puppies? Because that blows my theory straight out the window!

Dogs and fireworks / thunder / guns

Z, I don't know my rescue Staffie's history but she did have a scar on her head and could well have been shot before. It wasn't fear, in her case, just total unreasoning terror.

Scooby is the wisest dog I ever met.

Dogs and fireworks / thunder / guns

BC, and some dogs are good judges of music and only howl when a beginner is playing scales very badly

Dogs and fireworks / thunder / guns

Mappy, the firework sticks I collected every Jan 1st after Hogmanay were dead handy, I shall look out for more here. The hillside is being doused with water to stop any fires from the fireworks but actually not as dry as previous years. How hot are you? street temp was 30 degrees at 7.30 pm when I walked the dog half an hour ago, phew.

Not in Kansas Scotland anymore, Toto.

Dogs and fireworks / thunder / guns

Molly, oh aye, I couldn't believe he could do that, knowing what she was like. My daughter nearly murdered him. He still lived on the smallholding and said he didn't think there would be any fireworks nearby, so she should have been fine.

Yeah well.

Dogs and fireworks / thunder / guns

Molly, they're my favourite breeds too

My favourite dogs of all are staffies, but I had this dog almost forced on me because the rescue centre wanted someone who was used to bull breeds and wouldn't let the dog rule the house (as she had in her previous home )

Dogs and fireworks / thunder / guns

Hey GG a friend of mine is more accurate than the weather forecast, if she gets neuralgia there WILL be a storm, no matter what the forecast

I don't think my dog is going to be too stressed, going on reactions so far, and I can't give her valium anyway - I asked the vet for some before the 2000 mile drive as she's not a great traveller and he said bulldogs suffocate too easily. As it turned out she loved the camper and slept 90% of the way without a problem. She's better in the car since too

Dogs and fireworks / thunder / guns

Mimi bulldogs learn early on that they are different - pound for pound, the strongest dogs of all, and they have an incredibly high pain threshold, it makes them either quite aggressive or they drift around apologetically hoping people won't be too scared of them

Dogs and fireworks / thunder / guns

Keepers I am like a child with fireworks (oooooh! aaaaaaah!) but it still annoys me that the bang is added, quite possible to get quieter fireworks

The bangers they use for fiestas really do sound as if the world exploded and dogs around either bark indignantly for up to 20 minutes afterwards, or howl piteously for even longer. My dog charges for her basket and the cat flies upstairs while I mop up the coffee I spilled when I jumped

Dogs and fireworks / thunder / guns

@Daears, so how we react, they react? I know their hearing is way better than ours and loud noises are physically painful. One of my neighbours has 5 dogs and sends 2 of them away into the country for fiesta time because they get hysterical, the other 3 cope.

Dogs and fireworks / thunder / guns

I said 'while I'm calm they're calm', I meant if I jump up to get a coffee, or move quickly for any reason, they get nervous, I've learned to move like a laidback sloth, humming gently, during noisy times

RE: When your neighbor is a Demon.

Re Ooby's comment, police advice is that if you are ever abducted and bundled into the boot (trunk) of the car, try to kick out or dislodge one of the rear lights - best case scenario is if you can get your arm through the hole and wave for attention, but even if you can stop it working there's at least a chance of the car being stopped by the police.

I know, but a plan, even such a tiny chance of success, is better than no plan

RE: Time is on my side

Attitude is all, Wen, and you have a lovely positive one

RE: What are friends for

I have been lucky in my friends, on the whole. Some are just for fun, a few I have known most of my life but that's all we really have in common now - shared memories. My life has changed so much and so often and it is the friends who have stayed valid during those changes that I hope will last forever.

I try to be as good a friend. One can but try.

RE: The perfect gift for a fellow CSer

Hang on, let me get this right.

When you say 'pass it on' what you mean is 'give me an even better one back' - right?

Hmmmmm.

Tricky one.

Bear with.

This could take a little time.

RE: The perfect gift for a fellow CSer

Spent the whole day screaming at those hordes if they dared put a toe on Mimi's gifts before I could hang them.

I am fizzily and moshally zorsted but deeply grateful

Not to you, Molly, I hates crowds, I do

RE: The end

Molly, one has to hope so.

Maybe not public relations, though.

RE: Your Beliefs Don't Make You A Better Person....

Imp, I've read up quite a lot about Agnostics and there's a lot in there, but generally they are among those who quietly keep their heads down and don't care what others think

Humble

As for weather, yup, you guys are having a snorter of a summer, so far so good, enjoy, you deserve it after that winter!

RE: CS folks who use this wonderful.....

Oh dear Vier I've been one I've had flights paid for me, I've stayed with people, I feel terrible now. I had no idea I was a sociopath.

Molly, does this mean my invitation to grab a night on your sofa has been withdrawn? Well then you can't stay here. So there.

(actually you probably dodged a bullet there)

RE: The Story of 'Oh!'

Oh!

RE: The difficulty with finding someone online

I guess it depends what you call long-term. I know of a couple of marriages, and several relationships which are ongoing and successful, all public knowledge. Perhaps you won't count them until they have racked up at least 10 years or more?

There are also at least ten that I know of where the relationship took at least for a while and lasted over a year, as opposed to fizzling out after a couple of meetings.

Surprised you've managed to miss the Mimi / Art one, though. But then perhaps that doesn't count yet, since it hasn't run into years and years.

RE: Women and men.....

Molly, you probably did, it is a fascinating subject

RE: Julius Malema admits black didn't come from South Africa

DA not DP. They were still the DP in my day

I said I was out of the loop!

RE: men and women parts

Molly, no wonder we are as we are. We are products of our upbringing.

That fascinated hour was all I needed, too. It answered oh so many of my girlish questions.

RE: The blog vs. the forum crowd....

Keepers, Spain is on the same time zone in summer as SA. We shift to an hour's difference in winter because we keep daylight saving time here.