Fucking fireworks! There's really no need is there?

[OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow]

So this weekend, there were loads going off, sounded like a organised event. Dh was a bit pissed off, but I thought-Halloween party. Tonight-Sunday, there's been two similar, long drawn out events since it went dark.
My cat isn't bothered, but I know lots of animals and small kids will be upset by the loud noise (I've had to turn the TV up) We live in a market town with lots of stone houses, narrow yards and the sound just bounces from wall to wall.
So is it me being a miserable sod, or should they be controlled better than those?

O/T slightly, but for anyone else whose dogs or cats struggle with fireworks, I found a YouTube video last year, with David Tennant that had been designed to help calm them.

I thought it would be a load of old bollocks, but dog went from climbing the walls in terror to fairly calmly lying on my lap

Woofering Heights m.youtube.com/watch?v=_xAFSNn335E

Organised events at regulated hours.

And while I'm at it ban bloody Chinese Lanterns at all times.

And the cat one m.youtube.com/watch?v=z0xL2Q7D384

We had a lot last night, my dog was upset, we’ve had a few tonight but not as noisy. They don’t bother me too much

Totally agree re organised events only.

I had dogs at agility this afternoon and popped into nearby town at about 4pm to get milk etc. It was daylight and as I walked away from car all I could hear was fireworks going off at the top of the street. Massive group of youths. I got back in car and drove home, the milk can wait. WTF is the point in fireworks in daylight.

In our village , nearly everyone has horses , so no one ever had any and we would all go to the organised one in town , that was really well done , and free .

Until last year . New people moved in and basically bought the loudest ones they could . Numerous horses went berserk , my neighbours very very expensive competition horse got stress colic and had to be horse ambulanced to Newmarket for emergency surgery . He will never compete again. People went to their house to explain , and got told to fuck off . Things went downhill , man of the house got a broken jaw , and they have since moved . And for what ? So they can make the loudest noise ? Competitive wanking .

Yabu and a miserable sod. Fireworks are my 3rd favourite thing in the world. I love setting them off!

I have no objection a day or so either side of Bonfire Night, but it has been a nightmare where we are for the last couple of weeks and one of our poor dogs is terrified.

At work last night and they were firing rockets up and down the street. Idiots!

I used to love fireworks, but now I have a five month old daughter who can be ridiculously hard to get to sleep 😂 I'm sure as she gets older I'll love them again!

YANBU
I do like a good fireworks display, but IMO fireworks should not be so freely available. Where I used to live there were frequent "lettings off" of fireworks and it's a PITA for pets and babies and anyone troubled by the sound of explosives.

I suspect a lot of retailers know this damn well but profits come first.

It annoys me as bonfire night doesn't even fall midweek this year.

We've got an actual bonfire weekend this year!

My ASD DD1 hates fireworks, and dd2 is copying her sisters reaction to them, so both go to sleep in eardefenders which I have to gently remove once asleep. And this happen s every night from about now to January, or we get hours of wailing and sobbing etc.
It would be ok if there were a few organised events we could plan for, but it just random fireworks every night and random times...

Ellybellyboo Those videos really work! I didn't think they would and I'm floored by my cat's reaction. Thank you for posting.

Hate the damn things. In the newer housing estates the yards are all tiny and back to back. People take no notice of the warnings or restriction, they let off the biggest most powerful ones they can with no responsibility taken for where it goes or what happens after it leaves their six foot square yard so long as they get their pretty sparkles and massive bang. On people's roofs, against windows, they land on cars, it's dangerous. Not to mention it's like living in the middle of the battle of the Somme for a solid month with the ruddy things going off from five pm to midnight. Cats, dogs, babies and toddlers, elderly people, people with Autism, people with PTSD, and many others find it a really miserable experience.

Need to be sold to organised displays only.

Last night, despite the Adapil plug and collar the MuttDog was shaking, frothing at the mouth and finally puked all over the sofa after 2 hours of fireworks 7-9.

Tonight she has spent the last hour shaking against me and is finally calming now that they’ve stopped (about 30 mins ago).

Tomorrow I’m going to see if our new vet will let us sedate her at home. Our old vet wouldn’t, and a couple of years ago we had to pay for a 2 night stay at the surgery for her because we honestly thought she was going to have a heart attack.

We live in a village. The school is having a firework display on Friday. We’ve planned for that, as we do every year. I take DD to the party and DH takes the dog for a drive (an hour up and down the motorway - bonkers but it works). We can’t plan for the public holding their own bloody displays.

So yeah, I’m a miserable bastard too, but with bloody good cause.

We live rurally so don’t hear them very often. Some went off tonight though and scared the shit out of me. They sound just like gun shots and I always think a maniac is on the lose.

Eve Give your lovely dog a pet and a stoke from me

It's Diwali celebrations round where we are this weekend. There's been a big organised city centre display in our city tonight.

I hate fireworks because last year my car was broken into amidst the masking sound of constant bangs.

YADNBU. We had some going off at 2.00pm by us and our dog was beside himself. I wish people who had enough money to literally watch it go up up in smoke would pay for the diazepam I have to get off the vets. Keep it to organised displays. Anyone setting them off in daylight should not be in charge of explosives!

#stroke not stoke.

They send our Cairn Terrier demented with fear, the poor thing. And I wouldn't mind if we could plan for it, we live near a couple of tourist attractions and we know when their events will be and we can manage those with him, and keep him calm and distracted from them, or take him to my mums for the night. It's the odd bangs from people just buying them in the supermarket and setting them off whenever, that's what causes him (and thus us too) the huge amount of distress. I think they should be only available for licenced events, and I really strongly oppose them being sold to the general public.

YADNBU.
For the sheer terror that they cause animals they should be banned.
When I was growing up bonfire night was 5th November, regardless of what day of the week it was. So there was that one day in the year when we knew to keep our animals inside.
Now it's 3 weekends either side of bonfire night plus any old random day in between. Just fuck off you inconsiderate fuckwits.