Dog hell. Make sure your gates, doors, and exits are locked
PSA - 4th of July night.
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My girlfriend just threatened me with false imprisonment. It got worse when I told her you suggested it’s best to do that for dogs. She reminded me we don’t have one.
My dog is zonked out. Long weekend of boat rides and puppy play.
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He'll be here all night folks. Don't forget to tip your waiters and waitresses.
We go to Martinsville since Bloomington stopped hosting displays. The city puts on a fine display, but it is only the 3rd or 4th largest within eyesight. I don't know what people spend on Fireworks in Morgan County but it has to be enormous.
Near my house is a little shopping center, when we got back at 11 there were 15 cars in there with people setting off fireworks. It made me feel bad, obviously they had set off a lot and I'm sure my dogs were unhappy. My most scared dog was the one that died in February, so at least it wasn't as bad as it could have been.
It is incredible how much fireworks have grown since my youth, when most were illegal in most states. From Scientific American:
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Near my house is a little shopping center, when we got back at 11 there were 15 cars in there with people setting off fireworks. It made me feel bad, obviously they had set off a lot and I'm sure my dogs were unhappy. My most scared dog was the one that died in February, so at least it wasn't as bad as it could have been.
It is incredible how much fireworks have grown since my youth, when most were illegal in most states. From Scientific American:
Currently, Americans are shooting off almost one pound of fireworks each year for every man, woman and child.
And this figure has grown rapidly in recent years, from half a pound in 2000. In 1976, the United States’ bicentennial, the figure was just one-tenth of a pound annually.
America's Rights to Bear Fireworks Are Growing
State restrictions are loosening, prices are dropping—but injuries are climbing
Last 4th of July we walked the neighborhood with drinks around 9 pm. A massive dog went racing by us. Lab mixed with something. It was huge tho. I chased the damn thing for four blocks then spent another two hours trying to find it. By that point there was an entire search party. We never found it. Ruined the 4th. My daughter was in tears. Dog was so spookedWe go to Martinsville since Bloomington stopped hosting displays. The city puts on a fine display, but it is only the 3rd or 4th largest within eyesight. I don't know what people spend on Fireworks in Morgan County but it has to be enormous.
Near my house is a little shopping center, when we got back at 11 there were 15 cars in there with people setting off fireworks. It made me feel bad, obviously they had set off a lot and I'm sure my dogs were unhappy. My most scared dog was the one that died in February, so at least it wasn't as bad as it could have been.
It is incredible how much fireworks have grown since my youth, when most were illegal in most states. From Scientific American:
Currently, Americans are shooting off almost one pound of fireworks each year for every man, woman and child.And this figure has grown rapidly in recent years, from half a pound in 2000. In 1976, the United States’ bicentennial, the figure was just one-tenth of a pound annually.America's Rights to Bear Fireworks Are Growing
State restrictions are loosening, prices are dropping—but injuries are climbing
But the rights of people to fire unlimited fireworks off are protected. My right to own a dog on my property doesn't matter in the least. There are competing rights here. Originally in Indiana the law went from illegal to legal in specific locations. That seemed like a decent compromise.
But the fireworks industry spent a lot of money lobbying state legislatures to get the laws overturned (proof that states aren't immune to the graft people assign to Washington).
Actually it's illegal to set them off where I live. You can buy them in MO but aren't allowed to set them off where I live. The cops just don't enforce it
Back in the day the big one was at the parking lot at the football stadium. It was spectacular. I'm pretty sure it wasn't the city that did it, though; I'm thinking it was AmVets or Legion or something of that nature. And I'm also thinking they had to stop when the couldn't get insured for a price they could cover from the donations they received. BICBW.
My wife's dear departed cats weren't fans. One would hide among all the stuff stored under the bed and wouldn't come out until the next morning. The other was on totally stressed out high alert the whole time, pacing and screeching all evening until it stopped.
Yep, we went to those. Amvets did them. We used to sit next to the state police post that was there. But there was a year IU wouldn't host. I think that started when the baseball and softball stadiums moved up there. So Amvets moved out to the fairgrounds. They struggled getting enough donations so it went away.
Indianapolis used to do a "sky concert" over the White River on Labor Day. It was great but very, very near the VA. It struck me as really bad to host that near people who might well have traumatic stress.
