Fireworks

Rocky is currently going berzerk at the local firework display. They are so noisy. I don't mind the firework at all, it's just the noise that seems to get to him.

Any ideas on what I could do to calm him? Have already tried ignoring him but that doesn't seem to work.

Distraction can help play with his fav toy Xx

Thanks Janey will try that

Bit late for tonight, but try to get hold of some Bach Rescue Remedy tomorrow. It helps to calm a dog down (and people, too!).

im going through it with sasha at the mo,just given her rescue remedy a min ago so hoping it will work soon,she gets so scared,i got the telly up loud,the washing machine going.its going to be a long week end to make it worse we had a thunder storm last nite so she was spooked before the fire works started

its been hell all week fireworks every evening/night Taz is completly freaked to the point i'v had to restrain him three times on walks, refusing to leave the flat urinating in the outside building leading outside and inside,
constantly whinning, not listening, and he snapped at my sister yesterday.
I was up my parents in the after noon a dog walked past the open gates Taz charged towards the dog luckely i was there and grabbed him he hasn't done that in months. He's never been this bad before and its all through the day now not just when the fireworks are going off. I'v his food down last two days so he has only got to go out twice aday rather than four to five so its less stressful for him same as Cassie and Blondy is just being her stubborn bi*chy self *exhausted*

MissRogue wrote:its been hell all week fireworks every evening/night Taz is completly freaked to the point i'v had to restrain him three times on walks, refusing to leave the flat urinating in the outside building leading outside and inside,
constantly whinning, not listening, and he snapped at my sister yesterday.
I was up my parents in the after noon a dog walked past the open gates Taz charged towards the dog luckely i was there and grabbed him he hasn't done that in months. He's never been this bad before and its all through the day now not just when the fireworks are going off. I'v his food down last two days so he has only got to go out twice aday rather than four to five so its less stressful for him same as Cassie and Blondy is just being her stubborn bi*chy self *exhausted*

Oh, Claire, it's awful, isn't it? Poor dogs, they really don't understand. they get so stressed. Have you tried rescue remedy yourself?

The only place i can get rescue remedy is online and i'v had to stop online banking so no i'v not been able to get ahold of any.

I used to have to get a sedative from the vets for Bandit. He was the only dog I've ever had that really used to freak out.

What about those DAP diffusers? I think they've changed the name of them, now, but I can't remember what to.

http://www.petsathome.com/shop/d.a.p.-dog-appeasing-pheromone-diffuser-by-ceva-23153

pete is laid on the sofa with one dog wrapped round his neck and the other round his leg. theyre quiet though so no one cares if he's not comfy. they went mental for a while first but have quietened down now they are cuddling him

_julie_ wrote:they went mental for a while first but have quietened down now they are cuddling him

Awwwww!

i always thought the rhyme was remember the 5th not the 4th 3rd 2nd and any other date

Nowadays it starts with Diwali and doesn't end till just after new year!

My two haven't even noticed the bangs but my 14 yr old lurcher is away on her dog walkers farm for the weekend, costs £14 a night but it's well worth it .

i was out last night so dont know if woody reacted or if any were going off. just been and stocked up on treats for tonight, pigsearsfor woody/wine for me and warned the neighbours the tv is going to be on loud!!

touch wood mine are not bothered by them .. they have even gone out to the toilet while they have been going off and dont seem to care.
My old boy used to be a nervous wreck he would jump behind the setea or hide in the bathroom cuz its small and dark bless him!.