Ran out to Aldi this afternoon

[SheltieLover]

Saw a frontage road with cars parked on both sides for a long way & lots of people walking towards whater it was. Couldn't tell. I thought maybe a large company picnic or something.

On the way back, I still saw people streaming towards whatever. Several people with large shopping carts & many people coming out of firework stand.



Do these rednecks realize the "Chiiina" they detest makes fireworks?

Heartbroken for pets, wildlife, & those suffering with PTSD! 💔

[Siwsan]

1. It's still light out, here, but the local morons are already setting off fireworks

I just saw Skittish Kitty racing for cover. Sophie Stinky Toes is in hiding - somewhere in the house. After last night's barrage, she stayed hidden until around 4, this morning.

[SheltieLover]

3. Same here, but indoor cat & dog don't care.

But I once had a very sweet sweet Sheltie boy who would shake & jam himself between toilet & tub.

Nothing comforted him.

I lived on a river at the time & the big fireworks would literally shake the house.

I've not seen my ferals all day. Was planning canned tuna for today, but they didn't show up, which is not uncommon. I think other neighbors might feed them, too.

Stay safe & big hugs tp your fur babies.

Pressing firmly, but gently on their sides, at least for dogs, can bring comfort, much like a thunder shirt or Teme Grandin's cattle press for people with autism & cattle.

Did you see Jim's post eaier about a home made wrap to help calm dogs?

I'll post link to his post. Brb

[wnylib]

33. My cat took up her post on the

windowsill again tonight to spot the colorful sky monsters and warn them away with growls and the feline "evil eye."

It's the noises without color displays that puzzle her. She looks in the direction of the sound, then back at me as if to ask, "Did you hear that?" I'm glad she is not afraid and impressed with her home turf protectiveness.

Used to have a lab mix when I was a teen who ran into a corner of the garage and would not come out until the sound was over. Back then, it didn't go on as long as it does today and was not as everpresent.

[SheltieLover]

34. Attack kitty!

Love it!

Poor lab! 😢

Humans being idiots with no concern for nature.

[wnylib]

45. My attack kitty is very protective.

When she was about 5 months old, she was napping on the living room floor near the coffee table. I was trying to fix a decorative peg on the table that had come loose. Had to tap it pretty hard to get it back into place.

Kitty woke up, saw me "fighting" with the table and leaped to my aid with a vicious attack on the table at the other end.

When my Med Advantage company sent a doc to my home for a general wellness checkup, we sat at my dining table. Kitty sat on the floor next to me, watching every move of the doc. When the doc put a BP cuff on my arm and puffed it up, kitty placed herself between the doc and me and growled. Poor doc jumped backward. I had to calm and distract the cat before the doc would proceed.

[SheltieLover]

47. Awwwww, that's so sweet!

the table!

Oh, gosh. I'll bet doc was shocked!

Ty for sharing, Wyn!

[wnylib]

56. Both of us were shocked.

I have read about protective cats and have seen a few videos of them protecting their humans, but only once before had I experienced a cat who decided to protect me from another person.

[brer cat]

4. My cat has been under the bed most of the last 24 hours.

The dog, who used to bark incessantly at fireworks, has lost most of her hearing and is now oblivious.

[SheltieLover]

6. So sorry your kitty is being terrorized by idiot humans

Not sure if this will work for cats, but here is link to Jim's post about home made dog wrap to reduce terror.

Also, pressing firmly, but gently on sides can reduce stress much like a thunker shirt or Temple Grandin's cattle press for to calm persons with autism.



https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181527204

[brer cat]

17. Thanks for the tips.

My cat is a biter and we have found it best to leave him alone when he heads under the bed. He has strong opinions and has no interest in mine. LOL

[SheltieLover]

5. Here is link to Jim's home made dog wrap for noise terror reduction

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181527204

[Siwsan]

7. Thanks!

I have NO idea where Sophie is hiding!!

[SheltieLover]

9. Awwwww poor baby!

Yw for link!

[bullwinkle428]

10. I have an elderly female Persian, whose demeanor suggests that she spends most of the

day smoking the "Sticky Icky", as she's remained pretty oblivious to the barrage taking place outside. She pretty much has the "munchies" 24/7, furthering my suspicions...LOL!

I'm sorry your babies have to deal with that kind of trauma. People are such assholes.

[Diamond_Dog]

2. We drove past a fireworks store yesterday

And saw that the parking lot was full and people were coming out with carts full, too.

Apparently buying explosives made in China is how the rednecks express their love for Merica...

[SheltieLover]

8. Sorry to hear!

Covidiots!

[babylonsister]

13. I have one down the road and the full carts were common. I am

now surrounded by fireworks ad nauseum. My dog is not happy.

[smirkymonkey]

42. Funny, isn't it?

I will never get the obsession people in this country have with blowing shit up. It just seems so juvenile. Not to mention stupid.

[Laffy Kat]

11. I just don't get it. There's nothing patriotic about it.

People want to make big boom. That's all. And it's not just the animals, although that's bad enough, I feel for people dealing with PTSD. There also are people like me: the chronically....nervous.

[SheltieLover]

12. Very true, laffy!

Sorry I didn't think to list those suffering with chronic anxiety. 😞

The neighbors are really cranking up the noise. Does it make them feel important?

Jerks!

Hang in there, Laffy!

[Laffy Kat]

21. Oh, I'll be fine. I just worry about others.

I have to hold it together for my critters. My youngest son is home and we'll probably watch something on Netflix together until most of the noise is over, surrounded by the animals.

I hope your neighbors don't keep you up all night. I also hope you don't have to work tomorrow.

[SheltieLover]

22. Nothing could keep me awake, but ty for thought.

No work either, thankfully!

Glad you are together with critters & son.

Enjoy your time together!

[wnylib]

37. I don't get the loud noise for its own sake.

I can understand colorful displays in the sky, which are noisy enough. But loud booms just to make noise come across to me as expressions of aggressive antisocial feelings, getting pleasure out of disrupting other people's peace.

[smirkymonkey]

43. Exactly!

Kind of like open carrying an automatic rifle with you every where you go, just to intimidate people and show them how tough you are. I suppose there's a lot of overlap.

[wnylib]

48. I get the same impression

about people with car windows open, blasting music loud enough to hear several blocks away. Also, those with noisy engines who rev them constantly at intersections, and gun it on residential streets. "Notice me. See how tough I am."

[sarisataka]

20. It goes back a long time

"I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival..." the future president wrote, per the National Archives. "It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more."

-John Adams July 3, 1776

[greatauntoftriplets]

16. Bye!

[Elessar Zappa]

15. Not just rednecks do it.

Around here it’s mostly Hispanics who do the fireworks. I don’t mind them unless it continues after the holiday.

[hamsterjill]

18. Already a war zone in my neighborhood

It’s ridiculous. Houses will burn. All so some idiot can enjoy a snap, crackle and pop.

I hope all of the people on DU who think fireworks are okay will take note of all of the death and destruction they will see tomorrow. On the roads, on the sidewalks, in the alleys, etc.

It’s illegal here but there’s no one to enforce it.

[SheltieLover]

19. Same here, Jill.

Sadly, not illegal here.

[Zeitghost]

23. When you're...

When you're using bigoted racial epitaphs to denigrate people doing some completely legal in celebration of a national holiday, maybe you're the problem.

This "enter derogatory term here" will be setting off safe, sane and legal fireworks with the family tonight!

[Ocelot II]

25. Epithet, not epitaph.

An epithet is an insult; an epitaph is the inscription on a tombstone.

[ShazzieB]

57. Racial epithets?

I guess I must have a different definition of that term.

[Shrike47]

24. Fireworks in our part of town are illegal, due to fire danger. People have been pretty good, so far.

I love to watch fireworks but the negatives are outweighing the positives these days.People are just so excited this summer to be out and doing things.

[Ferrets are Cool]

26. My two babies are huddled up under me. I am furious, but can do nothing.

I have tried calling the police, but can't get through because the number of calls tonight.

[SheltieLover]

27. Try this, Ferret

Try pressing their sides, firmly, but gently. Often reduces their anxiety, much like the Thunder Shirt, or Temple Grandin's cattle press for deescalating persons with autism (or for cattle).

Hugs to your furbies!

[Ferrets are Cool]

28. Thank you so much SL

I will certainly do anything to help.

[SheltieLover]

29. YW!

Be right back with link to Jim's post about how to make a home made thunder shirt for dogs.

[SheltieLover]

31. Here you go!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181527204

Looks like ace bandage, if you have one, or long, thinnish scarf would do the trick. It's the pressure on their sides.

Maybe hug them to your chest and put pressure on the other side with hand(s).

[Ferrets are Cool]

58. Thank you. I will do some more research.

[MustLoveBeagles]

30. K&R

[SheltieLover]

32. Hi Beagles!

[MustLoveBeagles]

35. Hello

Trying to keep the Dolby calm. At least he's doing better tonight.

[SheltieLover]

38. Beagle pup being terrorized by fireworks?

If so, press gently, but firmly, on sides. Works like thunder shirt.

Here is Jim's post about home made wrap to stop the terror!

Hugs to pup!

[MustLoveBeagles]

51. Thank you for the tip

[SheltieLover]

55. Yw!

[dianaredwing]

36. So sorry for all the furries' distress

I don't know what is wrong with people. But I, living three blocks from the river and the "dueling barges" spewing noise and pyrotechnics, am not interested enough to even walk down the street.

However, when I had my old dog, Dobie who was a rescued stray that absolutely loved everyone, was alive, I did go to the fireworks because he was convinced they were for him. They all axed for him. I have never had another dog like that. My current rescue isn't freaked out, but doesn't like crowds in general. Dobie on the other hand loved them.

Whenever I am tempted to put all of a group into one category I think about Dobie and how absolutely unusual he was. Miss him a bunch, but I certainly won't miss this noise when it finally goes away.

[SheltieLover]

40. Dobie sounds like an amazing pup!

[myohmy2]

39. "Heartbroken for pets, wildlife, & those suffering with PTSD! 💔"

...and people trying to get some sleep because they've got to go to work in the morning...

...what are we celebrating?

...I forget...

[SheltieLover]

41. Me too!

And those with anxiety. 💔

Not sure why people aren't satisfied with municipal shows.

[Warpy]

44. Fireworks here started on Friday, went until 2 AM

Saturday until 1:30 AM

Today they started setting shit off at 4 PM. It's 9:30 and they're not slowing down.

This is a poor area. These damned fools spent a fortune on this shit.

I'm glad my poor cats are gone. This is the one night I'm glad they're not here.

I fucking despise this shitty excuse for a holiday. Drunks and explosives, what could go wrong?

[SheltieLover]

46. Pretty much same schedule here

My dog & cat don't care & I can barely hear the loud ones in house, but it's still annoying & heartbreaking for others' pets, wildlife, those with PTSD &/or anxiety.

Fools wasting all that $!

Why can't they be satisfied with municipal displays?

[Warpy]

49. It was bad enough when it was one day a year.

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Holiday creep has macho twits shooting the damned things off nearly every weekend.

Most of them here come from Mexico. (Edit: the fireworks. The twits are home grown)

[SheltieLover]

50. Sorry to hear!

Maddening!

Seems they've stopped here. 11pm noise ordinance, but lous trucks playing lpud music still cruising around.

I'm in for the night.

[vercetti2021]

52. I got called a Karen earlier on here

Because I've made two posts about idiots firing shit off the 2nd and 3rd. Days that are not the 4th. A Karen...like wtaf?

[SheltieLover]

53. Wth?

[vercetti2021]

54. Right here

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=15590661