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Every pop of a firework is a little surge of adrenaline, a burst of energy to protect someone long gone, a blunt little tap at a heart to keep it aching. I see the pup sleeping soundly next to me, she knows they're nothing to worry about. I wish I'd tried harder to ease your fears when I had the chance. Love you.

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female 1,132,032, dog 181,277, fireworks 1,290, labrador retriever 911

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Published: 4 years, 4 months ago

Rating: General

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dirtywater

4 years, 4 months ago

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X(
Poor doggy
I actually found myself getting nervous at the sound last night. Thankfully my pup is fearless.

RassyEyefur

4 years, 4 months ago

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Ah yes, fireworks... As a young child I liked them, but having seen what they can do to some canines on specific nights of the year, I have grown to hate them. I have seen the results of a Staffy ripping a fence apart to escape their yard. If you have a nervous dog keep them inside with the curtains closed and the TV or radio on treat the night like everything is just another boring night and nothing to worry about.

My advice to anyone who is reading this, when you have a pup expose them to as many different noises and things when they are young so that they can handle things better when they get older. For my work years ago I purchased a multi-CD set of sound effects and we used to play them for our pups at a low to medium volume level. It worked well to get them used to strange noises as they could see from the other pups with them and our reactions that it was all nothing to worry about and the noises could be there with out needing to get scared. Although in some sections of the CD's it was hilarious to see 10 GSD pups in my own dog's litter all suddenly stop the games they were playing and turn to face the speakers, tilting their heads from one side to the other curious at the latest sound that was playing.

Nonfinite

4 years, 4 months ago

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@ RassyEyefur

It's been so much easier with a puppy, she isn't afraid of them at all and the hardest part as been trying to suppress my instinct to protect her so she doesn't start thinking it's something to be concerned about.

My last dog was from a shelter and she was so scared of fireworks it would just be an immediate run and hide under something at the first sound of one. I tried to act normal around them, tried to help desensitize the sound the rest of the year, but nothing ever quite got through to her. One year I ended up sleeping in the bathroom with her with the fan on full blast to muffle the noise, and after that we always tried to take a trip to somewhere they're more heavily restricted just so we didn't have to deal with it.

RassyEyefur

4 years, 4 months ago

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@ Nonfinite

It sounds like you know what you are doing, even if it is hard with your new pup. By all accounts you were doing your best for your previous dog also, trying to act normal or distracting them with something else is really the only thing you can do. Unfortunately all to often we offer treats or over the top comfort, both of which most of us really want to do when we see our precious canine is distressed. However that can actually be counter productive as it reinforces their fear as being a valid reaction to the event. So Just staying with them and trying to act like there is nothing to worry about is the only way to go. It is so much harder as you know, when you enter a dogs life when they are older and couldn't teach them properly in their formative years.

I am of the opinion that we don't really need fire works anyway, The state government where I live spend Millions on them every new years eve, that money could be better spent on other things. They are a fire risk in the hot Australian summer, and they are bad for the environment. They are also responsible for many hundreds of dogs being scared and escaping from backyards each year. The only pro is a few minutes of entertainment for humans. We need to find something else to be entertained by.

Nonfinite

4 years, 4 months ago

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@ RassyEyefur

Big agree on that, we have enough trouble with forest fires *without* giving people tools to easily start them, much less an entire holiday as an excuse to do it D:

Incidentally, I can't currently go outside without my throat and eyes burning thanks to all the smoke now lingering here (although this time mostly due to a big storm a few days before the fourth). The fun part of summer is over, and now we wait wait wait for autumn rain and snow.

RassyEyefur

4 years, 4 months ago

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I should have said this in the original comment, but I found this picture very touching, the idea of this brave canine placing herself between the scary fireworks an the viewer; to stand guard and protect them from the perceived threat, gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside, and leaves me grateful for her efforts.

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