It’s enough now!

[Yujismum]

I have two Elderly dogs and one of them is terrified of the sound of fireworks. I am in London, outskirts and we have had incessant bloody fireworks for the last eleven nights, since the 1st November. There’s before the 5th November, there’s 5th November, there’s post fucking 5th November, there’s Diwali, then there’s post bloody Diwali , and it seems any bloody idiots birthday or just let’s have fireworks day. Very early this morning, to be precise, 3.15am, presumably the same idiot without brain cells who does it every year, let off numerous very loud bangers. Then out with my two dogs at 3.30pm this afternoon in the park, complete arseholes were at it again! And again this evening! Obviously fireworks aren’t expensive enough to stop idiots using them in this way. I am a nurse and see the inevitable injuries and suffering that both children and adults experience never mind the cost to the NHS. It’s time we had only public displays on designated. Other countries do why can’t we.

Yanbu. Fireworks consistently for two weeks is a pain in the arse. And now we have new year coming up, another several days worth. Tsk.

I was about to moan about the same here. Sat listening to fireworks and wondering why the fuck this time? Indian neighbours very politely notified the estate they would be doing fireworks on the night of Diwali. Pretty sure there is no reason to be setting them off now though is there???

3.15am is insane!! If you knew who it was could you complain to the council? Unreasonable noise at an unsociable hour.

I know what you mean OP. I quite like fireworks but they can get old quickly when they’re happening every night and you have animals.

I live behind someone who did a big display last weekend and we ended up with masses of dead fireworks in our garden the next day - sticks, plastic etc - meant I had to spend time clearing them up and they’re only going to sit in a landfill. Seems like quite a lot of waste for a few seconds of fun.

YANBU. I’m fucking sick of them, at home with a newborn and two terrified cats. And who are the twats that let them off in daylight? What is the point?

My cats were not scared of them two weeks ago now they are ffs we have a huge display going on its over a mile away it's so loud it sounds like it's in the next road

Sparklesocks, I have no idea who it is but someone, presumably the same someone, does it every year. The law says no fireworks after 11pm on 5th November but seems to have different timings for other occasions, obvious one being New Year. But who/how are they going to enforce that?! I do have fantasies about catching the bastard........which is when I come over all Old Testament!

I am sick to death of feckin fireworks, going off all the bastard time. I have pets who are absolutely petrified. There are some going off now, and we all know they'll be going off until after the New Year. They should be banned before and after Nov 5th, and only then let off New Years Eve. Perhaps we should start a petition, maybe the powers that be, might take notice.

Aprilsinparis, the only thing, which I discovered this year is to play, not loudly, some calm classical music and I also give my dog Valerian organic liquid. The classical music which seems to help
Is , ‘Lark Ascending’ Vaughn Williams, ‘O’Silvery Moon’ from the opera Rosalka and others which , if you google, will show which are good in these circumstances. My dog definitely feels less stress when the music is being played. Apparently they play it in dog rescue centres. Of course it would be better if we didn’t have to do this! And we can’t play music when outside in he park!

Yanbu...it's about time fireworks were banned completely for sale to the public.

The idiots that set them off outwith 5th November are ruining it for everyone.

So we all have to keep our pets indoors for the duration of November, just incase!?

Selfish bastards

This year I realised the dog was now really deaf when he slept through the noise of the local fireworks display. It's the only good thing about him getting old

Failingat40, absolutely agree. A ban on fireworks other than official displays which would be on specific days, times etc. They are bloody dangerous in the hands of (clearly) the halfwits who gain access to them now!

I live beside a huge park and there was a big display, which was ok, my dog is deaf and it only went on an hour. But someone decided to set them off in the crowd as well! Then when that was over, someone else set theirs off in the communal area outside my flat and one hit my living room window and exploded against it.
They've been going off all times of day. What's the point if it's not even dark!!

There are silent fireworks I wish those were sold to people instead of the huge bangs

Thank you Yujismum I will try that. I feel so sorry for animals in rescue centres at this time of the year, they must be terrified.