Halloween-Don't forget the pets

John37

Pets can become disoriented and wander away with loud noises . Please be a responsible owner and bring him or her inside over the next couple of days at night. I came across a dead dog on a footpath yesterday evening possibly startled by a firework and ran out in front of a car.

Fr_Dougal

Poor doggy.

RIP

Lawrence1895

Two years ago, some little pr**** fired a rocket into my garden, missed the rabbit's hutch by a fraction

I keep them all in this year, like it did last year. for sure

My name is URL

My dog's afraid of his life of fireworks. He's been hiding in the bathroom for the last fortnight. You'd think he'd get use to the noise after a while... feckin' eejit.

dodderangler

So you assume that the dog ran out because of fireworks because you have no one else to blame?
In case you Havint noticed dogs roam around on their own a lot and they aren't exactly great at pressin traffic lights

FloatingVoter

Tape down the letterboxes for your own sake.

Comfort the dogs if they need it.

Tomorrow will be a duvet day for my cat.

Hope it rains.

A fivefold curse on Halloween and all scrotes who sail in her.

Canis Lupus

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Tape down the letterboxes for your own sake.

Comfort the dogs if they need it.

Tomorrow will be a duvet day for my cat.

Hope it rains.

A fivefold curse on Halloween and all scrotes who sail in her.

I'd put the dog into a shed and let off fireworks in there. In that way once fireworks night rolls around it's accustomed to them.

Or possibly ****ed up mentally beyond repair, I'm not sure, I haven't tried this out yet.

John37

dodderangler wrote: »

So you assume that the dog ran out because of fireworks because you have no one else to blame?
In case you Havint noticed dogs roam around on their own a lot and they aren't exactly great at pressin traffic lights

It may have contributed to it. I never said that it actually caused it. Just keep your animals inside folks. Thats all I am emphasising

grey_so_what

My name is URL wrote: »

My dog's afraid of his life of fireworks. He's been hiding in the bathroom for the last fortnight. You'd think he'd get use to the noise after a while... feckin' eejit.

It's the above who are the ejits........The dog is right..keep him in and buy him a treat!.....;)

Ziegfeldgirl27

THIS IS WHY I HATE HALLOWEEN!!

My dog is now eleven and I'm not sure if it can handle much stress now at this age. I just hope to god it pishes out of the heavens tomorrow night

TheUsual

I usually just give out sweets and peanuts but maybe this year is the one to try something new. Thanks for the advice OP !!

Getting a bit sick of looking after all the cats now to be honest.

dodderangler

John37 wrote: »

It may have contributed to it. I never said that it actually caused it. Just keep your animals inside folks. Thats all I am emphasising

Thats fair enough but main thing is if you Havint got the brain to keep your pets indoors on Halloween then you shouldn't have pets

squod

Gonna collect all the stray cats and make a hallowe'en party bag for my pet snake.

Lawrence1895

squod wrote: »

Gonna collect all the stray cats and make a hallowe'en party bag for my pet snake.

Was that supposed to be funny now? :eek:

Anyway, what strikes me is, how do all them kids get those bangers and fireworks? The ones, I'm talking about are maybe 11 or 12 years of age. Whoever sells fireworks to kids, should be in big trouble.

Not even talking about parents or guardians, who tolerate their offspring throwing fireworks at pets :mad:

starbelgrade

Lars1916 wrote: »

Was that supposed to be funny now?


Whoever sells fireworks to kids, should be in big trouble.

I'm guessing that you're a school teacher by trade...

Lawrence1895

starbelgrade wrote: »

I'm guessing that you're a school teacher by trade...

No, Community Care Support Worker

recylingbin

John37 wrote: »

I came across a dead dog on a footpath yesterday evening possibly startled by a firework and ran out in front of a car.

**** over it isn't the answer, in fairness.

Eden3

starbelgrade wrote: »

I'm guessing that you're a school teacher by trade...

"Trade" now being the operative word ...!:)

Wacker The Attacker

never stick a banger up your dogs arse

Canis Lupus

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

never stick a banger up your dogs arse

Is that a song from the 70s?

Faith+1

Can fireworks freak out Goldfish?

starbelgrade

Faith+1 wrote: »

Can fireworks freak out Goldfish?

You have to get waterproof ones, otherwise they go out when you throw them into the fish bowl.

MaxSteele

Your dead right OP.

Only a couple of years ago, a group of scumbags set fire to a dog up in Finglas "for a laugh":mad:

Just imagine how many scrotebags like them will be out tomorrow. Thank **** theres a bank holiday before Halloween every year.

recylingbin

Faith+1 wrote: »

Can fireworks freak out Goldfish?

I find depth charges work alot better on fish while your common garden pet is terrified of bang bang fireworks.
Nothing is afraid of sparklers.

John37

recylingbin wrote: »

**** over it isn't the answer, in fairness.

Ah your right their you tool

Canis Lupus

Faith+1 wrote: »

Can fireworks freak out Goldfish?

Going by the advice in this thread you should make sure your goldfish stays inside and you should put a duvet and a treat in his bowl.

Canis Lupus

John37 wrote: »

Ah your right their you tool

I.... must.... not......

Cupcake_Crisis

Myself and my doggies shall be curled up on the couch under a duvet tomorrow night watching crappy halloween movies. I encourage you all to do the same.

Duvet's are awesome.

Rayne Wooney

Some thugs out drinking in a field threw a dog into a bonfire last year, kids out trick or treating hearing the dogs squeals.. It was sickening

Keep the pets inside

recylingbin

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

Myself and my doggies shall be curled up on the couch under a duvet tomorrow night watching crappy halloween movies. I encourage you all to do the same.

Duvet's are awesome.

Make sure it's not Cujo. Could never trust my dog after watching that film.

Cupcake_Crisis

recylingbin wrote: »

Make sure it's not Cujo. Could never trust my dog after watching that film.

My dogs look like teddy bears. If they attack you you should lay there and let it happen.

Johro

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

My dogs look like teddy bears. If they attack you you should lay there and let it happen.

I'm slightly aroused right now..

recylingbin

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

My dogs look like teddy bears. If they attack you you should lay there and let it happen.

I meant to say I could never trust his judgement. He loved that film.
The feckin eejit.

Gbear

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

Myself and my doggies shall be curled up on the couch under a duvet tomorrow night watching crappy halloween movies. I encourage you all to do the same.

Duvet's are awesome.

That sounds like a recipe for a smelly dog duvet.

Cupcake_Crisis

Johro wrote: »

I'm slightly aroused right now..

Good for you?

Gbear wrote: »

That sounds like a recipe for a smelly dog duvet.

They're very clean doggies. Were only at the groomers on Friday. They still smell like baby powder

YFlyer

This dog is getting his own back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aRpCujDUbo

PizzamanIRL

Pics of people in New York carrying their dogs through the floods. The least people can do here is bring them in during the night.

Chorcai

I hate halloween, my poor dog will be on sedatives all that night.

TheUsual

Gbear wrote: »

That sounds like a recipe for a smelly dog duvet.

Give em the old Dutch Oven. Hours of fun.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_oven_%28practical_joke%29

starbelgrade

There's never any fireworks out my way. The odd group of kids trick or treating, besides that, you'd hardly know it was Halloween.

gidget

Two teenagers actually threw a banger towards my dog today while my brother was out walking him :mad: . The intention to actually hurt, both my dog & brother & then run off laughing speaks volumes about how these little p***** will turn out in life.

The_Thing

In my opinion cruelty to animals at Halloween warrants nothing less than burning at the stake for the perpetrator(s), at other times of the year a bullet in their misbegotten brain will suffice.

Johro

starbelgrade wrote: »

There's never any fireworks out my way. The odd group of kids trick or treating, besides that, you'd hardly know it was Halloween.

Same here. We could call them Halloween-free zones. Sanctuaries. Come on in and bring your own booze.

Johro

TheUsual wrote: »

Give em the old Dutch Oven. Hours of fun.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_oven_%28practical_joke%29

I didn't know 'flatulating' was a verb and I object to the term 'Dutch Oven'.
I'm dutch, and I smell of flowers.

Cupcake_Crisis

Johro wrote: »

Same here. We could call them Halloween-free zones. Sanctuaries. Come on in and bring your own booze.

Can we bring our pets too?

Johro

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

Can we bring our pets too?

Are they bringing booze?

bodhrandude

dodderangler wrote: »

So you assume that the dog ran out because of fireworks because you have no one else to blame?
In case you Havint noticed dogs roam around on their own a lot and they aren't exactly great at pressin traffic lights

Maybe you could teach them to press the button with their paw.

TheUsual

gidget wrote: »

speaks volumes about how these little p***** will turn out in life.

Probably Senior Bank Managers in about 25 years.

dodderangler

gidget wrote: »

Two teenagers actually threw a banger towards my dog today while my brother was out walking him :mad: . The intention to actually hurt, both my dog & brother & then run off laughing speaks volumes about how these little p***** will turn out in life.

That'd be funny of they done it to me and my dog
10half stone Akita off ya go
Dinner time little punks on the menu

petersburg2002

Fireworks turn my lassie collie into a shivering wreck. He nearly tore his hind leg off trying to scale a 6ft garden fence last Halloween. What makes it worse is that they start setting them off a week before Halloween and for nearly a week after. I know where I would like to shove those bangers!

bodhrandude

My brother puts the dog into the garage during fireworks and leaves a radio on at a decent volume, theres not a bother from the dog.