I need an Ace bandage thundershirt, and so does Tosca!

We'll both be hiding in the bathtub if this keeps up.

The rednecks who have fewer fingers than teeth are the worse offenders.

..are terrified from now until tomorrow at 3:40 AM.
My husband used to have rocketry as a hobby. I had to talk him down from his anger.
"Honey, you can't put that stuff in the nose cone and send it over to the Smiths"

Then the shit goes on until 2am

It's also kind of a mixed blessing that my old dog is growing a bit deaf lately. It thankfully doesn't bother her as much as it used to.

One gunshot or firework explosion I get a glum, penetrating stare. More, and she's headed for the bathtub. Lily, young Jack Russell, thinks Tosca in the tub is a spectacle worth watching.

Nowadays, if it gets to be too intense, I wind up with 60-pound pitbull on my lap.

Poor animals.

Sweet pupper.

but she'll always be my little puppy.

No question about it.

Mother Nature sent hi m my way & he was loaded with worms, incl heartworm. I would've placed him with a rrescue, but so many animals dumped here, they would have euthanized him.

So here we are, 7 yrs later.

Nope.

I feel bad for my pittie because he seems frustrated that he can't get to the source of the "attack." Poor pup.

I've been thinking about getting a noise activated alarm that does something offensive. Mainly for the dirt bikes. I thought about digging out a voice altering toy and screaming something ridiculous after each explosion. Might be too late to pull that off this year, but I grinned thinking about it.

I hope you get through it okay.

Haha! Love your idea!

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that I wear more and more, just to keep out as much of the din as I can.

They are likely making so much noise to get attention. Sick fucks..

The less I want to be neighborly.
Wish there was something to mask the noise so the dogs couldn't hear it. I tried fans when I had my grand dog here, but it didn't help.
My relative in Fl. puts a thundershirt on their dog, gives it calming meds, and sits in their disaster room with it till it's over. Doesn't help much :/

Look up dosing on internet. Hopefully, it will knock pup out.

When we first moved into our neighborhood quite a few years ago, fireworks would start going off as soon as the stands opened to sell them, usually about a week before the fourth, and go on for about a week after. The last couple of years though, they might do some on the third, wait until dark to start on the fourth, and done by midnight.
A few of our cats hide but the rest are just sort of meh.

Of course I completely ignore them.

Glad your plight isn't long lived & your pets aren't too bothered by the infantile stupidity.