Anyone else's ned like fireworks????

[DunRoamin]

Buzz has every year since i bought him stood at his door and watched them, now at a new yard and tonight the where being set off from somewhere behind the yard, and so little Buzz stood on his banks trying too look at the window to watch them!! silly pony

 

[horseriderdeb]

my lot stand at the top of the hill and watch them. They really are not bothered about them

 

[blossom01]

my boy watches them, but then goes back to eating his hay! not bothered at all.

 

[Nari]

Jim stands & watches them for ages. Little Un just carries on eating - no surprise there!

 

[Jul]

We had a note once, to let us know that a neighbour was having fireworks one night - really nice of them to let us know, and they gave us an approximate time. It was late summer so all the horses were out at night.

We decided to nip over to the yard to have a quick check at 10pm when they were going to be going off. Found all the horses standing in a line in the field, ogling the display

I think the key is (generally) if they can see them they aren't scared by them. Sometimes if they can just hear the bangs but can't see anything it makes them worry. But horses like watching stuff like that if they don't feel threatened. When they see it, they can see that it's a long way off and can equate what they see with the noise so most seem to be ok with it IME, in fact like you said, a lot seem to positively enjoy it!

 

[somethingorother]

I've never seen that, have always had them in around fireworks, but would consider that in the future. How cute, especially Buzz stood on his banks hehe!

 

[Donkeymad]

Ours seem to enjoy watching them, between grazing to keep the hunger pangs at bay. We get a 360 degree display around our field

 

[AmyMay]

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Buzz has every year since i bought him stood at his door and watched them

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Yep, mine too. Not bothered at all.

 

[Pearlsasinger]

We live at the top of a steep valley and have a panoramic view.Fireworks often go off just as they are on a level with us. We have had seven horses here over the years who have all seemed to enjoy watching them, even those who you would have thought were frightened of their own shadow!

 

[Doris68]

Yup, the old girl will stand in her stable on NY eve (us in yard swigging champagne) watching all the local firework displays, quite interested and not at all bothered. This is amazing as she is a very spooky horse and will not go within 3 feet of a plastic bag (even with carrots and apples in it).

How strange they all are as Pearlsasinger just said......!