I know there are other posts on this. But I am being driven insane by the selfishness of people where I live. In the past two weeks we have had 9 official displays, and 6 big garden fire work parties. Not including the countless back garden mini displays.
I have a dog, we don't have a garden (long story) and she is walked 5 or 6 times a day - some 2 hour walks and other 10 minute wee breaks. Some idiots in our road have decided that back garden fireworks are not sufficient, and they are now letting them off in the front gardens which are on the road that we walk down. This is the third day where we have walked past a house just as they are letting of fireworks in the front garden and my normally sane and happy dog has turned into a wreck. The first time it happened, she came home and was sick three times - would not eat and just trembled. The second time (we walked a different route but we still have to walk near this house) she howled and tried to run home - at least she was not sick but she still would not eat. And tonight - guess what - the same house is letting off yet more fireworks - they are pretty much outside our front door, so even if we don't walk past the house directly, we are so close to it that we cannot avoid it.
Would it be unreasonable to ask them to check to see if there are passersby before they let them off?
Or am I just a killjoy who should shut up. My dog is the easiest going dog in the world, and has been very good for all the proper displays - but the three incidents above has now made her tremble when she hears noises - even the washing machine has set her off tonight.
It is just not fair. Why should we have to change our normal habits because of people randomly letting off fireworks? We have avoided walking her at times when we know people are having displays as we understand that people enjoy fireworks - but it is now 8th November, and we are well into the second week of the damn things - can't they just go out and do something else!