paulwrxboro

As title my poor dogs sat here shaking so mutch im temted to put it in the bath with all me washing

whats the best thing to give them to calm them down when they hear the fireworks going off ?

btw its a proper man dog ...a westie

alloy

my dog gets petrified with the bangs, he has pills from the vet to calm him down, but they mess him up for two days after , so its just turn the tv up and keep him occupied with a tennis ball in the house

Tim Bomford

DAP....dog appeasing pheromones...do a search on T'net! Works for 1 of our dogs but not the other..half way there eh!

Tim

Tam the bam

Try these?

Markus

We keep our Lab inside because she's a big chicken when there are fireworks. My friends Weim seemed to enjoy them the other night, she was looking up watching them, and one could almost imagine her going "ooooh" and "aaaahhhh" in her head

All Torque

The Vets are giving out diazipan SP in extreme cases this year i`ve been told. Should be safe as they were probably tested on animals before human use, would probably be a weight of animal-dosage ratio.
GMTV - Pets on Drugs

Merv

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Try Valerian from these: dorwestherbs.co.uk

awd wrx

I think I maybe the only dog owner who dog loves fireworks ! he hears the bangs and goes bonkers to get out in the garden to watch them

Tam the bam

My Border Collie doesn't give a **** about fireworks, the only thing that freaks him is the hoover, oh and bath time

davegtt

Same here, mine stands and stares at the skies late Oct early Nov

But put a new picture in the house or something unfamiliar he'll bark for hours

hectic

same with my mutt. loves barking like a lon at the night sky... bring him into the house and hear one. he 'shivers' nervously...

little-ginge

I'm glad my mutt isn't the only one. We live close to a school which has an annual display. We shut him in the house, curtains drawn, TV on etc whilst we watch display - 9 times out of 10 he has nudged the curtains aside and is watching the fireworks

Alas

Mine sometimes manages to open one eye if a firework the size of a small nuclear warhead goes off.
If it ain't food, a walk, a postman to scare the crap out of or dog borstal on the telly he's not interested.
It dark, he's had his dinner and its sleep time.

lightning101

I don't have a dog

SWRTWannabe

Crap on the carpet every time a firework goes off if you're feeling left out.

Hope this helps

J4CKO

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Our dog cunningly avoids firework terror by being both blind and deaf.

I am getting a Braille typewriter so I can explain to her very vividly the terrifying bangs going on outside that she should be aware of.

Still going, however, as the other day my wife was distracted when she came in with the shopping and the dog got in and ate six Chicken Satay snacks including the wooden sticks, with no apparent ill effects, a decent healthy dog would have died from massive internal injuries or at the very least had a very expensive operation. I fully expect her turds to look like Ker Plunk.

Alas

They might come out boxed.

My red mutt not too popular with the wife at the minute. As I've said before he steals clothes/shoes/remotes etc and hides them in his bed. We don't usually bother as he doesn't damage anything. The other day he stole one of the wifes slippers and destroyed it. For all who've seen his photos know that this was not a problem. So the wife in her wisdom told me not to leave anything out that he could steal.
We had a new bathroom put in a couple of weeks ago so she had to get new blinds/curtains/ rugs and lovely fluffy expensive towels. Guess what was found in his bed yesterday afternoon. He had got them all and piled them up and was lying on top of them.
Boy is he popular

GazTheHat

Our dog used to shake uncontrollably. We got some pills from the vets, he walked like he was really pisht & high after that. No more firework issues.

SJ_Skyline

If all else fails, this will save a mess on the carpet:

Sbradley

Mum has something that looks like a plug-in Glade type air freshener but has happy dog pheromones in it. For her dog - not her. She's as chilled out as you get anyway.

Dog's still as mad as a box of frogs but he's a little less likely to go loopy when someone pops a crisp packet in the next street. Oh, and he's a proper dog, too...

SB

davegtt

As opposed to what, a fake one?

SJ_Skyline

A pretend dog... would that be a cat?

DCI Gene Hunt

A proper dog>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

davegtt

Thats brilliant

Brendan Hughes

Ourdearly departed weim, Lorchan, would actually chase screamer rockets across the lawn, to try to retrieve them . Now THAT's a pedigree gundog.

Tucha seems a bit more nervous, but no probs yet

Billgtt

YouTube - Fireworks Dog

davegtt

that is a great clip, never fails to make me smile

jaytc2003

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my 9month old springer doesnt mind them when she is out but inside like someone else said she gets a bit agitated. She does however like baths

ScoobLou

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Same as my dog, but then she is half collie

StickyMicky

my parents have a westie, and its not so much scared, its more he wants to attack the fireworks and kill them