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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971   
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Fireworks raining down on our straw stacks are always fun, particularly when you get them in the summer and the straw is all dry.
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2nd Nov 2016 4:56pm |
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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967
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my two labs couldn't give a flying f**k about fireworks! I also agree they should be restricted to one night.
2 dogs dead 3 missing, 1 horse put to sleep through severe burns to legs, that I've seen in past two days on Facebook. this summer i was shooting a wedding in the lake district, at 9pm they set off their fireworks which were lovely. I was staying in the local B&B which is also a working farm. next morning at breakfast farmers wife informed me that the wedding fireworks had caused the cows to stampede, resulting in farmer spending his morning recovering the cows which had all bolted some on main roads!!! but hey they were very pretty! My 109 thread my youtube channel |
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2nd Nov 2016 5:04pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3785  
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I agree with you. (maybe not 99%!!, but generally speaking!) We've had dogs & cats for ever......and yes there can definitely be issues with fireworks. But guess what, on Bonfire Night, and nights like New Years Eve, etc etc,......we kept 'em indoors....never had a problem. Pickles. |
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2nd Nov 2016 9:23pm |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443  
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We have a hotel local to us that has a sideline in wedding receptions and think that loosing fireworks off at midnight most weekends is what their customers want, well it's not what the locals want! The Council never seem to bat an eyelid but then again our Council is as much use as a chocolate teapot.
I did use to work next door to Warwick Castle and would dread the last weekend in June when they began to hold their Fireworks to Music display for two nights. The land all around the castle is comprised of sand and gravel and most years our combining crops were just days away from being harvested and I'd have to spend the evenings doing fire watching duties. It wasn't just the barley that was under attack, one year I had a bunch of bullocks get spooked by the industrial grade mortar fireworks, break out of their field and stampede into the farmyard. I got there just in time to find them milling around the two 400 gallon diesel tanks that were linked to a single outlet pipe that got ripped out of the tank just as I got there! It wouldn't have been too bad but we'd only had them topped up earlier in the day, trying to stop the leak with a scrap of timber wrapped with a rag in the dark wasn't my idea of fun, nor spending the next couple of hours filling up all the tractor fuel tanks, diesel bowser and anything I could find to help minimise the spill of diesel as we weren't that far from the River Avon, you can imagine the penalties for polluting that! |
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2nd Nov 2016 11:34pm |
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| lambert.the.farmer Member Since: 11 Apr 2012 Location: harrogate Posts: 2006 
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When we had our spaniel he wasn't keen on fireworks if he was with the wife because she hates them and the spaniel picked up on her fear. on a couple of occasions he was with me and not her when fireworks were going off and he was a different dog, tail wagging watching them with me , happy as you like.
On the other hand parts of the farm are neighbouring some multi million pound barn conversions that are owned by the type of idiots who are of the opinion that because they can afford such a house they're not subject to the same common decency as the rest of us. I currently have the rams in with the ewes and even if it were possible to move the sheep further into my land at best that is less than a quarter of a mile, certainly not far enough to reduce the effects of a set of fireworks the neighbours inevitably procure. So I gently point out the benefits of a bit of restraint to these people and get laughed at. Cheers, thanks for the understanding. Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon. |
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3rd Nov 2016 6:08am |
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| shaggydog Member Since: 12 Aug 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 3347 
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I must confess.....
While a student in Bournemouth myself and some friends bought some fireworks from our local Lidl's. Having had a successful 20mins of buying fireworks we decided to go get a pint to celebrate (because students) This unfortunately took us from 4 in the afternoon until close at about 2pm (those familiar with The Buffalo in Winton will know roughly were and why this is) We were leaving "The Buff" when a nice gentleman presented us with the 4 bags of fireworks we had bought earlier. He had taken them from us on the way in in case we spilt beer on them (or that was what he said) We quickly staggered home and sat down to have a nightcap when one of my housemates had a good idea.... "why don't we set them off now, I don't like them being under my bedroom, what if they go off in the night? it would wake everyone up!" "good point we agreed, we should probably let them off quietly outside so as not to wake anyone up" So, all 4 of us sat in the garden by phone light tying fuses together to make sure we didn't have to go back to any of the fireworks because that would be dangerous and it says not to on the box. Ed pulled the short straw and had to go and light his one from his fag. Within 30 seconds the garden was awash with lights and bangs an pops and wizzes the likes of which I had never stood so dangerously close to while inebriated. At which point, a very irate lady appeared at my side dressed in a dressing gown. That's odd I thought, and turned to see what she wanted. I was faced with a tirade of abuse about how she was trying to sleep and it was late and what were we thinking, all of which was right in my ear and she was being very loud. So in my inebriated state all I could manage was to look her in the eye (slightly cross eyed) and raise my finger to my lips in a shushing motion and then say quietly. "Shhhhh........you will wake everyone up with your shouting" I am not proud of this and seek forgiveness from the people of Winton who had to suffer our late night antics. Now I am much more sensible with these things. Running Restoration Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/post323197.html#323197 Self confessed mileage hunter  |
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3rd Nov 2016 1:32pm |
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| Doc P Member Since: 03 Apr 2016 Location: Midlands Posts: 565 
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5th Nov 2016 12:15pm |
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| Laurie Member Since: 22 Feb 2008 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 2897 
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Fireworks have been around a lot longer than any living dog.
Surely anyone buying a pet should take fireworks and other potentially pet affecting things into account before becoming owners. It's a bit like buying a house at Heath Row and then complaining about the aircraft noise. (Which hundreds do!)  |
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5th Nov 2016 1:41pm |
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| Birdy Member Since: 07 Oct 2011 Location: Côte d'Azur Posts: 868  
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Laurie,
You are now on the Dog-Lovers Death List. Me too, for admitting I roared with laughter at the last video. Peter |
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5th Nov 2016 1:59pm |
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| Riverboy Member Since: 16 May 2016 Location: French sector, Earth Posts: 1288 
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 Wow |
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5th Nov 2016 2:18pm |
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| gilarion Member Since: 05 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 5111  
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Taken in context that statement is correct.
However, I doubt that any dog lover would heed your advice or take it on board. The point of this thread is not only about animals but how modern day fireworks have become a nuisance to many. As an example last night some person was letting fireworks off at 3AM in my locale, now to be fair where I live is mountainous and sound carries along and through the valley slopes so the perpetrator could be miles away, so is unlikely to know that their selfishness would affect a huge area, but it is no fun getting up in the middle of the night to make sure the horses have not bolted. Tonight the Two horses will be stabled with loud but soothing music playing in the stalls. The dogs will be given a Beta Blocker obtained from the vets to calm them down. In the past when fireworks were classed as ‘garden’, these steps were not necessary, but now we can all buy industrial or event grade fireworks and let them off whenever we feel like it, they can and do cause some people problems. For those who like Welsh Mountains and narrow boats have a look at my videos and photos at.. http://www.youtube.com/user/conwy1 |
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5th Nov 2016 2:59pm |
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| Riverboy Member Since: 16 May 2016 Location: French sector, Earth Posts: 1288
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Its the same here in the foothills of the Alps. One loud bang sounds like multiple explosions as it bounces off each mountain and the sound travels for miles. My horses cope better out where they can see where its coming from. They panic much more if stabled. I tried the music thing but that made it worse
Good luck all you animal keepers in the UK, I dont envy you one bit this month. |
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5th Nov 2016 3:11pm |
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| Birdy Member Since: 07 Oct 2011 Location: Côte d'Azur Posts: 868
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My house is situated between Great Yarmouth seafront and the Stadium. Throughout the Summer there's a firework display each Wednesday on the beach, some stock car meetings finish with fireworks, and last weekend one of the caravan/chalet parks finished its season with a display open to the public with an admission fee (proceeds to charity, if I'm not mistaken). And long may it continue...
But this thread has pointed out to me that things might not be the same in rural areas, and I agree that "out in the sticks" more consideration should be given to livestock. I still laughed at the video, though... Peter Edited to avoid another war... |
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5th Nov 2016 4:08pm |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443
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I've had horses and ponies since I was knee high to a grasshopper and now I'm down to just keeping one pony at a local livery yard. The yard is on a working farm and I'm often found there doing some spanner work and other farm work which in turn pays for the pony to be there. When the owner goes off to his farm in France I am the one who keeps an eye on the place and look after the day to day running of the farm and livery yard.
We have around 30 plus owners and their various dobbins from show horses, eventers to weekend plodders and with the extended Bonfire "Night" it's been a right royal PITA with the odd schizophrenic nag upsetting the others, usually you find that the owners are as unstable as their animals. Generally the horses are far better off being outside as they can see where the commotion is, yes they may run around but with todays mollycoddling tendancies most of the horses are brought into the stables. They cope but the fireworks seem to have been louder this year mainly I think due to the still clear nights and even here the noises are travelling for miles. We get firework displays from a local hotel throughout the year at wedding receptions so the bulk of the horses here are fairly conditioned to the things, it's the owners worrying themselves unduly that causes us more of a headache  |
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5th Nov 2016 11:04pm |
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