Tommy has had a while to get used to the fireworks this year. Adventure Island has had displays for the last 4 or 5 Saturdays, when X-Factor is on. No worries for us as we’ll subtly turn the TV up so we cannot hear them. A couple of times Tommy has got spooked, but not too often.
Walking in the evenings hasn’t been too bad either. Strangely, we haven’t had as many fireworks where we live now as what they were over the other side of town. This has been a blessing! I managed to get out every night last week without hearing a single firework. Friday was quite bad, we heard a lot but after an hour or so of cowering under the sideboard, Tommy came out and fell asleep in his bed quite happily.
Saturday could have been a lot worse! I took him out in the afternoon for about 2 hours. We walked to Southend Leisure and Tennis where he played with a couple of Labrador crosses and a Bichon Frise before catching the bus back home. This seemed to do the trick! I settled down at about 7 to watch the rubbish but good TV and as the fireworks started, the TV was turned up. On a few occasions, when a particularly loud rocket went off, he would go under the sideboard, but otherwise he was curled up in his bed most of the night. Bless.
My Tommy just laid under my legs, looking fed up. Huge improvement on previous years though. greyhounds are a tad highly strung..
ReplyDeleteI've been hearing a lot about an accessory called the Thundershirt -- I've got no connection to the business, it just sounds like an interesting idea; it's basically a dog sweater, but supposedly something about the weave or the cut (I'm vague on the specifics) creates a pressure on the dog that's very soothing and can help them get through fireworks and thunderstorms. It sounds intriguing, but really? A dog sweater does all that?
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Not sure about Tommy wearing a jumper in the house! It does sound intriguing though.
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