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Michael Romanos · 10-28-2006, 03:47 AM

It's that time of the year again in New Zealand. Guy Fawkes and fireworks.
My Pem Taylor who is terrified of thunder and lightning is equally terrified of fire crackers. His body shakes like a leaf and he'll run and hide behind anyone's legs. Tonight, he jumped up on my youngest son's (Nathan) bed and shook so much that he woke the youngster up. And it is going to get worse before it gets better with November 5 the day and night for celebrating Guy Fawkes in ernest. Australia has recently banned all fireworks from being in the hands of individual people. They can only be used for public displays by responsible organisations. But in NZ they are still allowed to be purchased by anyone up to 10 days before November 5. This is despite all the destruction they cause - inhuries to people - some very severe, fires, vandalism, used to cruelly injure animals and terrify a lot of pets and wild animals including birds. Aside from the fact crackers are a huge waste of money, I have been anti-Guy Fawkes for some years.
Taylor is my first Corgi frightened of fire crackers. I have taken my other Corgis to fire work displays and they were quite at home with all the noise and the colours and the commotion. It makes me wonder if I should put Taylor in the 'deep end' and expose him directly to a fire works display. Would that get him over his great fearfulness. I somehow don't think so

10-28-2006, 03:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
Michael Romanos Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Silverstream (near Wellington, the capital of NZ) Posts: 4,900 Images: 2	Fire crackers It's that time of the year again in New Zealand. Guy Fawkes and fireworks. My Pem Taylor who is terrified of thunder and lightning is equally terrified of fire crackers. His body shakes like a leaf and he'll run and hide behind anyone's legs. Tonight, he jumped up on my youngest son's (Nathan) bed and shook so much that he woke the youngster up. And it is going to get worse before it gets better with November 5 the day and night for celebrating Guy Fawkes in ernest. Australia has recently banned all fireworks from being in the hands of individual people. They can only be used for public displays by responsible organisations. But in NZ they are still allowed to be purchased by anyone up to 10 days before November 5. This is despite all the destruction they cause - inhuries to people - some very severe, fires, vandalism, used to cruelly injure animals and terrify a lot of pets and wild animals including birds. Aside from the fact crackers are a huge waste of money, I have been anti-Guy Fawkes for some years. Taylor is my first Corgi frightened of fire crackers. I have taken my other Corgis to fire work displays and they were quite at home with all the noise and the colours and the commotion. It makes me wonder if I should put Taylor in the 'deep end' and expose him directly to a fire works display. Would that get him over his great fearfulness. I somehow don't think so Last edited by Michael Romanos; 10-28-2006 at 03:53 AM.