To never shop at Pets Corner again

[Dacatspjs]

I have a number of pets, I have to say mine aren't that bothered by fireworks, they seem to see the others are alright and all keep each other calm.

I'm not that bothered by neighbours having fireworks. If theyre big organised displays you see the advertising locally so know they might be louder, longer, brighter. If they are in homes then people tend to do what they can and let you know on Facebook. Maybe tighter regulation to stop yobs buying them to throw down the street. But my point is I'm not an expert in the subject and I dont know really whether we need change or not.

But. When you are the CEO of a pet company, making millions from "caring" about pets, I do think it is beyond hypocrisy to have a professional firework show in your garden and not tell animal owners locally so they can prepare.

The company Facebook page is building engagement by posting about the dangers of fireworks, all the while the CEO has a party that resulted in the death of a horse.

I won't be shopping there again, and it was my preferred pet shop.

You can't make millions from pet are and not care about pets. And for me that doesn't mean caring about your own pets, it means caring about all pets.

Then please explain how horses were trained for the battlefield with all the guns and canons going off which are much louder than fireworks

I've changed my name for this but I expect he is so morally corrupt that he doesn't care.

@SomethingInTheAirToday we are waiting for you to explain these desensitising and conditioning techniques?

Do you mean like the household cavalry horses that bolted through London after a loud noise?

I wish dog owners would practice what they preach. All I hear in November on local pages are how petrified owners dogs are of fireworks etc. Meanwhile the majority of people walk their dogs in our town off lead, take their dogs into all the local shops and a large number don't pick up their muck. I've lost all empathy in general for dog owners. Of course I'll be socially polite and nod my head sympathetically when someone wants to tell me in person, meanwhile inside my head I'm thinking 'I couldn't give a fuck mate'.

YANBU. I also hate how people cannot express an opinion about disliking fireworks without someone having a go - you're boring, you're a bad owner etc etc. Sort your animals out, yeah what about the elderly, those with ptsd, wildlife etc etc. They affect a lot of things.

What is the point of them? Really? I demand my right to set off a small rocket in my semi detached in Grimsby - Why? Really? Once you've seen one display you've seen them all. Its like we are brainwashed that between anytime late October and still up to this date we can let off rockets at any time of night and its okay. And for what? To celebrate a failed attempt at blowing up something. Its really bizarre when you think about it.

They didn’t. Many would have been terrified and died of heart attacks. But, just like police horses, they will have picked the ones they would think would fair the best. Extremely few horses are ‘bombproof’ enough to even become a police horse. That’s before we start considering breeds. Many breeds of horses are ‘hotter’ than others and generally more flighty.
I hope that helps.

I think you'll be waiting a long time.

I would imagine the company will lose a lot of business. I will definitely never use them again and, having spoken to a couple of my neighbours this morning they will not either. Across the country I think there will be a good number of people who feel the same.

Lots of my neighbours are anti fireworks as last year 2 horses were very badly injured in our village and one had to be pts and a pregnant horse bolted in fear and miscarried her foal. This year one horse bolted and was killed and another was very badly injured when it ran into a fence in panic.

I don’t suppose those horses were trained. They will have suffered shell shock and PTSD just like trained soldiers do. The horses would have probably been shot if they bolted or got injured and large numbers were euthanised immediately after the First World War. The animals were viewed as disposable in those days. Which ironically is how some posters on here seem to view animals and probably other people as well. So much for progress.

I think comparing having a dog and not picking up their poo to fireworks injuring animals and causing distress to people, babies, wildlife, pets etc is really rather strange and not valid in the slightest.

I have a dog and always clear up after him. I hate it that other dog owners don't but, although, obviously dog poo on pavements is disgusting it is not causing distress and injury to lots of animals and people is it?

Oh and I also don't walk my dog offlead unless in woods. I do take him into shops which allow dogs because why not?

We’ve had fireworks going off on a nightly basis for around three weeks now. I was a bit concerned about my new kitten but she seems unfazed by it all.

My old dog though was another matter. He was absolutely petrified of them. I tried all the desensitising suggestions, a CD of noises gradually increasing in volume etc, and tried a thunder shirt, Xanax from the vet, radio on and antihistamines to try and make him sleep through them but nothing worked. It was a bloody nightmare.

My sister lost one of her bearded dragons a couple of years ago when someone threw a firework at her house. Not sure how you desensitise reptiles 🤔

I was at home on Saturday evening when the organised local display was on. Some of the bangs actually made my flat shake. They never used to be that loud.

I’m sure if it was the children of some of these ‘who cares’ posters that were affected, they’d be up in arms and wanting all fireworks banned.

Surely this post is not for real? Please use your brain

Practice what they preach? In what sense?

Also, have you considered your town might just be really grim? I can honestly say I experience none of that behaviour in my nearest town (except taking the dogs into shops they’re allowed in). Perhaps consider moving to somewhere that’s not a shit hole?

What a horrible uncaring person you are.

When I got my previous dog as a 9 week old puppy I spent ages playing videos on youtube of loud noises - motorbikes, lorries, buses, fireworks etc. I played a video of a fireworks display and gradually increased the noise level.

He was not scared of anything so it definitely worked for him (not sure it would work for all dogs).

Year after year he was fine with fireworks and we live in area where there were always loads of them for around 3 weeks continuously. Then one year I was walking him around 2pm. It was not "firework week". It was a weekday. AS we walked past a garden with a high fence someone in it let off a firework which made a loud noise. My dog tried to run but luckily I had tight hold of his lead or he would have run into a busy road. He was shaking and panting.

After that no amount of playing cd's or videos of fireworks, no matter how quietly, worked and he remained terrified of fireworks and also became scared of other loud noises such as thunder.

So even when training/conditioning or whatever you want to call it works it only needs an idiot to think letting off fireworks in daylight and not even on 5th November is clever to ruin it.

I’m pretty sure my cats (who are thoroughly spoilt and spend all day either sleeping or playing), enjoy a better and much less stressful life than a lot of people on this thread.

Proper Ratner moment, like pps have said. On an epic scale.

I was one of those 'stop whingeing about fireworks' types until this year. Have totally come round to the idea of fireworks either being silent or banned.
I get it now.

Do you have some sort of emotional dysfunction? If not, off you hop.

They're desensitization training has gone too far...

Wow 😡

It sounds like he made a mistake and has apologised profusely to his neighbours. When did that become not good enough.

I don't think the CEO is unreasonable for having a fireworks display. They are quite common this time of year.

What is unreasonable is not letting your neighbours and people around you know you are having a big display, that's common courtesy whoever you are but I agree looks particularly bad for a CEO of a pet company.

Maybe they seem unrelated, but I was merely pointing out I have little empathy on the impact fireworks have to the life of a dog owner, due to the impact their poor behaviour has on my life.

Your post is a pretty typical example. I take my dog into shops because why not. Perhaps because people have allergies to dogs, that dogs mault and leave their hair on things, that most shops have limited space making it difficult to navigate around a dog and many people have phobias to dogs, that unless it's a vet a dog literally has no business being in a shop.

I signed .
I agree with others how things have changed . No longer do we have bonfire night we have firework fortnight . No longer the pops and fizzes it’s like living next to an army firing range . The ‘ bombs ‘ are totally unnecessary . After the thugs in Liverpool I think injuring that little girl hopefully the call to ban them being sold to the general public will increase .