I love Dogs me...

Like several folk here, I no longer have a dog to share my life with. A friend recommended the YouTube channels about Sherpa the husky and his friends. The videos are pure joy to watch. The bond and love between man and dog make for beautiful viewing and help fill a gap.

The channels Sherpa and Sherpa's Day are good starters and there’s a bit of vanning in there as well.

Like TW we no longer own a dog, or any other pet, and I just want to wish all those pet owners well for the forthcoming annual noise fest that is "Bonfire Night", albeit that the night part of that seems to be very elastic.

I know from personal experience how upsetting the night can be so am just hoping that your pet can cope with it. Good luck.

We were always lucky in that respect, WN, as all our dogs pretty much ignored fireworks but some dogs react terribly and it’s a horrendous experience for them and their owners. It wouldn’t be so bad if it was just the one night…..

I've mentioned in the past TW so apologies for repeating myself but I held our Westie in my arms as she died from a heart attack after 3 hours of pure panic after the night of the fifth. Unfortunately we were banned from giving her calming meds as she was on other meds and the vet was adamant that it would do her harm. 

We even went for a 4 hour drive to Angelsey and back during that evening to avoid the noise but some idiot decided to have their fun at 1 in the morning.

Our last dog was fine. I think we were more on edge than her for the first couple of years.

I feel for those other animals like Horses out in the open.

That’s tragic, WN. Don’t apologise as it's a story that needs telling to bring the truth of what can happen to public awareness. 

Wherenext,I did know of your sad sad firework night. It doesn't hurt to let folk know how these things can turnout.

Fortunately our dog doesn't seem bothered 🤞

Personally I dislike the noise of fireworks. The displays are wonderful. I don't understand why they can't be silent. They're advertised as very loud 😡😡😡

I was listening to the Handel's music the firework suite. Surely if they were as loud as they are now, music wouldn't have been needed!

Just had 5 minutes or so of fireworks from a neighbouring garden. Not overly loud. All windows closed, TV local news on. Dog wandered over from her bed to sit beside me.......

I went to a local display last summer that used powered gliders (very long wings) that had the fireworks attached to them, and the gliders had light displays along the fusalage, so the display was about 1500/2000 feet up.

It was very good, but I missed the bangs etc that you get with a traditional display

I'd have liked to see the display, but wouldn't miss the bangs etc at all, in fact, I would prefer it without bangs. To me, the display is better without all the noise.