A few years ago our dog, Sally, was found wandering the streets on November 6th. She was extremely distressed and as a result found her way to our kennels and we adopted her a few days afterwards. It was not long before we discovered that a bang of any kind caused her to cower and shiver violently, it was clear that she was petrified. Most of the time she would soon come round by attracting her attention elsewhere but come bonfire night it was different. We closed all windows, shut the curtains and put the telly on loud. That certainly helped but she could still hear some of the bangs. At one stage we even put an old fleece round her ears to act as ear plugs though that didn't help much.
Over the years we were able to calm her but sadly firework night often extended over a week and at other times of the year fireworks could be unleashed, causing poor Sally to become a shivering wreck.
So please spare a thought for animals when you let off fireworks.
Incidentally Sally was not microchipped so somewhere there might also have been a distressed owner. So please, microchip your pet.
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