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Oh Colin, I do hope Sally is calmer now. There is nothing worse than watching a petrified animal, I know.

Love

Daff xxx

im very lucky the fireworks dont bother my dog he went out for a walk last night there was loads going of in my area


feel sorry for his brother he hates them my mate has him she seid he was under the bed poor thing

Hi Everyone

First of all I would like to apologize to all who were participating on Kays Firework thread last evening.

Unfortunately whilst I was chatting on the thread Sally our dog went into a bit of a panic frenzy. As more and more fireworks went off Sally became more and more stressed.

Today I decided to visit our local vet to ask for more advice on this.

They say that generally, If the animal is still eating, then to try and give quite a heavy carbohydrate meal a few hours before the stress/fireworks takes place. A full stomach makes the animal sleepier, try the closed curtains turn the sound up and let the animal find its own space to settle in.

If your animal does become hyperactive then there are a couple of reccomended products that they advise on.

These are as follows

Dorwest Herbs, Scullcap and Valerium Tablets. Available from your local vets or pet shops

These are obviously very popular as Dorwest Herbs direct order site is currently out of stock. You can read about these here

http://www.dorwest.com/prodinfo.asp?number=SV

The vet also reccommends D.A.P known as Dog Appeasing Pheromone which is something that is released by lactating female dogs when they have puppies. It keeps the puppies calm.

You can read about this here


http://www.vetuk.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=149_2

Unfortunately poor Sally became so agitated last evening her fear led her to snap and she growled and tried to bite Hayley the wife, because she had become so bad they have decided to place her on some tranquilizers today. The vet prescribed Diazapam 5 mg for the next five days.

Hopefully Sally will be calmer today and especially in the days of the fireworks ahead.

Colin

A visit to the Vets this morning for advice.