noordinaryspider wrote on July 8, 2018 at 1:45 AM

Reply to comment by musou in Fireworks Are Trash by devtesla

Since they're toy bombs anyway, we did a bunch of riot/revolution LARPing this year and had a lot of fun, but it wasn't fun for neighbourhood dogs. :(

I like the idea of a shooting range type place that had a reasonable or no fee where people could go to play with them.

A lot of dogs have to be on meds on the 4th so it's a good idea to let their people know if you have leftovers and want to play with them on the 5th if that's legal in your area. The dog's people need to know how long the meds are necessary.

musou wrote on July 8, 2018 at 5:53 PM

yeah, i have a dog too and he hates fireworks. when i say "in the sticks" i mean miles from any building. still probably spooks some deer and opossums but i'm less worried about nature than domesticated animals that can't survive without humans.

noordinaryspider wrote on July 8, 2018 at 6:19 PM

In a perfect world we wouldn't have needed to play with toy bombs at all but it's been a rough year. I wish there had been a better place to do it from the dog's perspective. It sucks being a dog no matter how nice your people are.

I'm not beating myself up over it because we were one of many, many neighbours making our poor next-door-dog's life a living hell, but I am passing along what their person told me as calmly and objectively as they were able to.

There are also thunder blankets and other non-med things that help, but I'm not responsible enough to take care of a dog so I don't know all the details.