If you were letting off fireworks last night what was it for?

Yeah I love it!!

the first time I experienced it my hotel french doors were basically in the front of a church, I woke up thinking there was some kind of terrorist attack.

I love the deep feeling you get.

but also at night how beautiful & loud the actual fireworks. Living in Valencia was fantastic.

Do you know how hard it is to "acclimatise" some breeds to sudden loud noises? I'm a qualified dog behaviourist and I don't manage it with every single dog I have ever had.

My parent's dog was always terrified no matter how many weeks I spent working with him in the run-up. I managed to get him calmer, to the point where he stopped panicking and running into things and harming himself but he would still sit and shake for hours after they stopped.

And what about ND children? Or veterans? How do we acclimatize them? Wildlife and small pets like rabbits?

I'm sticking to my theory that the people who let them off outside of bonfire night, NYE, and Divali are selfish, unintelligent twats.

I think these are a great idea.

I used to love watching them when I was younger but now I have a little dog who is very frightened of them so I see them differently.

We’ve tried to acclimatise ours to them but to no avail. It’s not that simple. Some dogs are nervous by nature and no matter how much acclimatisation you do, you can’t recreate the chaos of bonfire night.
We also have a farm/livery yard. Let me tell you that bonfire night is no fun at all for us.

If you live near me, it'll be the absolute dickheads who were driving around letting off fireworks from a car to deliberately frighten people.

Yes, a car. My dogs were panting with fear and it scared the shit out of me and the DC. They were far too close.

I'm not proud of this thought but I did hope one of the fireworks slipped and went off inside the car. Fucking idiots.

@EmpressaurusDeiGatti

the bang is part of it for many of us, though since experiencing proper fireworks in Valencia I'm spoilt for ever more.

It always starts at this time of year as there's more in the shops because of bonfire night, so people buy them and let them off. Could be for anything.

Round ours, cos you're 14, a dickhead, and bored.

We live in a naice city but the place goes absolutely feral around this time of year. I really feel for the police and fire service.

Well Obviously working with people who celebrate Diwali qualifies you to know when everyone celebrates it 🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️

lots of people celebrated it last night & many others will tonight, as well as this week & next weekend.

i feel sorry for all animals that get frightened, especially wild or those owned but in fields, less so for dogs people have had from
puppies as they should have been acclimatised to them as puppies.

@Frequency not to mention wildlife!

www.birdguides.com/articles/ornithology/millions-of-birds-impacted-by-new-years-eve-fireworks/

Yeah, people forget about livestock and wildlife. People moan about cats catching birds constantly, yet killing off dozens of birds every night for some pretty lights is fine?!

At least cats can usually only manage to catch sick birds.

Well, to extend the OP's question, why is there a very huge local bonfire event happening on October 26th?

I really feel for all the animals in the meat and dairy industry,shut up in barns and cages. It must be very frightening for them too. At least pets have a kind hand to reassure them.

Diwali isn't until next week. I know this because I work with people who celebrate it.

Well done you.

You know how people don't just celebrate Christmas for the 12 Days or how there are Easter events on for a whole.month..?

I agree

In my area , fireworks start going off every night around now , it gets really annoying. Obviously it’s fine for Divali and guy Fawkes .

We have permission for running our "official" display on the 8th November... it will be a long season this year.

(Official as in the we get funding from the council to run it)

They've been going off every night for weeks here, starting at 4-5pm ish. Why? It is not even dark at 5pm.

Luckily, none of my animals are frightened of them. Big dog enjoys watching them and rushes to the window whenever he hears them or barges the back door open to get into the garden, which is annoying. One of the chihuahuas likes barking at them to join in with the racket which is also annoying but at least they are not frightened.

I really feel for people who have children or animals who are afraid. They should be banned or at the very least restricted to bonfire night and NYE. The people who set them off on other nights are selfish twats, IMO. How can parents prepare their children when they're going on for months at all hours?

At least you don’t live in Spain. Their use of fireworks is crazy ! Yards and yards of firecrackers followed by what sound like mortar bombs - makes the windows rattle. No pretty colours, just the huge bangs. During the day time and late night for fiestas or concerts etc .

There may be early Diwali celebrations.

Our school did a display last night as a fundraiser. It was sort of an early bonfire night but also for the last day before half term.

It must be much easier to get the people in to do them if you remove yourself from the night itself and then you get a bigger crowd as people aren’t elsewhere

Now silent fireworks are available I think the noisy ones should be phased out.

Although I’ve also thought for years that they shouldn’t be available to the public. I don’t know how my cat will be because I’ve only adopted her recently, but my sister’s poor dog is always terrified.

Aldi are selling silent ones and I believe other supermarkets are too. Visually they’ll be the same I suppose, but without the noise.

I went to a Diwali celebration last night and my town centre is having theirs tonight.

Diwali isn't until next week. I know this because I work with people who celebrate it.

It's more than likely idiots who've bought cheap ones from Aldi and can't read a calendar. We heard some after 10 on Tuesday night in the distance. Absolute cretins.