How did everyone's non human

[JustAnotherGen]

Family members make out yesterday?

Uncle Ruckus was upstairs at 9 last night, on top of my head in his thunder shirt -

Shaking for three hours.


But he had pulled pork pre barbecue sauce for dinner - so he got something for surviving the late day war.

[QED]

1. Most of mine slept through it but not the two chihuahuas.

The little guy barked at the booms while my little girl shook and panted.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. Uncle Ruckus is a Maltese

He doesn't bark - welps pants and shakes.

[brer cat]

3. My cat stayed under the bed.

My dog, who usually barks at the booms, is now mostly deaf and didn't react at all.

Our furbabies do have a hard time during these loud celebrations.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. Poor little cat

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

5. Been going on for over a week....

Last night till 1 AM, will continue till they shut down the pop-up firework sellers, usually another week. Our girl sits in the walk-in closet, shivering, panting etc. We've tried thunder shirts, tranquilizers, all to no avail. Best thing on the horizon for the Charleston, SC area is Elsa, she will shut them down for a night. Next up, Thanksgiving, Xmas, New Years....

[niyad]

6. No fireworks here, for which we are most grateful.

[Lefta Dissenter]

7. My old pup stayed under the bed

The younger one laid on top of me in bed, trembling and panting.

How do people in this lower- to middle-class neighborhood have the money to set off fireworks for almost six hours steady? These weren’t occasional bursts and bangs - it was constant, from before dusk until about 1:00.

[wcmagumba]

8. No fur babies currently but I'm with you about where do they get the $...

I'm in KS but one on my neighbors told me last night her middle class relatives in CO spend at least $1000 on fireworks for the 4th every year....wtf...complete waste and aggravation for their neighbors, both furry and human...

[JustAnotherGen]

20. Our Mayor

Questioned (herself a fur babys' mama) "Our people nearly done burning money yet?". Or is this just a break.

[samnsara]

9. not even a sparkler up here in the canyon where it was 110 just the other day..

..ppl are very on edge about anything hot.


even the local trump humpers behaved themselves

[Srkdqltr]

10. My son has an old lab. He thought the fireworks were done when he let her out.

They weren't. She is now gone. She is almost blind and doesn't ever goes out . my son and his daughter are out looking.

[hermetic]

15. Oh no

That is awful. I do hope they find her soon. Poor thing. Do they use Facebook? That's a great way to locate missing pets. People here use it all the time.

[Srkdqltr]

16. She is back. They put a blanket on the front porch.

A few minutes later she was back. They figured she was in the bushes next to the house where she couldn't be seen. All is well.

[narnian60]

19. Wonderful!

[JustAnotherGen]

21. Wonderful

[I_UndergroundPanther]

11. My kitty had some anxiety

Got a bit hidey.
Put on his thunder shirt and he was fine.

And the fireworks were not going off as much or as long this year here,thankfully.

[SharonClark]

12. 12-year old cocker did just fine during a couple of hours of fireworks.

He may be a little deaf, though.

[nocoincidences]

13. Nelly Belle the calico managed to hide

in a room she is not allowed in. No idea how she got in there, but we had to keep calling and calling to finally get her to peek out. My Jersey boy was visible but just barely, and he is a velcro kitty. Old dog Donner hid under my desk and leaned against me, and I am not his primary person, only secondary.

My neighborhood noise makers must have a lot more money than they seem to, I agree. It did seem to calm down after midnight, though.

Jersey just added all the space below to this message by lying on the keyboard.

[markie]

14. my 6 mo puppy

took it all in stride... after a bit just went into his crate and slept... but to be fair, it was just the yahoos across the lake with their small display... for some reason the big fireworks over the lake are tonight... we shall see

[Random Boomer]

17. The cats were fine...

and we used tranquilizers on one of our hound dogs. To our relief she was much calmer than past years. She paced a little when the fireworks were at their most intense, but overall she got through it without major trauma.

[Ocelot II]

18. My cat was oblivious, as usual.