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ellis9905

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so tonight i have heard the first bangs and whizzes- sure they get earlier each year!! this will be my first bonfire night as a horse owner, so am looking for peoples opinion of whats the best thing to do over the bonfire period- do you leave yours turned out or bring in for the nights??

he does have a stable, and will happily live in or out, though as a general rule i intend him to live out 24/7 as much as poss, and at the begining of november he will still be out 24/7

thanks :)
 
like ebony i am lucky as yard is surronded by fields and very few houses but sympathise with people near to where they go off - persoanally I believe fireworks - other than public displays should be banned - they are now going off and its only early october - people have dogs who panic old people (my mother for one terorised by youths throwing them around) and listening to bombs going off round my house night after night is just wrong - the days of fireworks to the public being fun as gone - yes good public displays great and bring them on but to public sale nope ban ban ban - sorry if humbug but I hate them :) xxx
 
We have the damn things all year, in the summer at weekends when someone decides to celebrate their son's, daughter's, boyfriend's, girlfriend's, mother's, father's,sister's or whoever's, birthday we have to suffer them, sounds like the blitz.Wouldn't mind so much if they were at a reasonable time but we get fed up when they let them off at 2 am with no thought for anyone else, human or animal.
 
Although slightly further away from large villages/towns fireworks can still be heard up at our yard. By that time of year most of the horses are in at night so I used to keep my boy in and the first year he was given sedalin as he was nervous in general anyway and he seemed ot be fine when the YO came round and checked later and since then I just make sure theres more than usual for him to do in his stable at night like carrots in haynets, haynets around the stable, apple in his water bucket and turnip or lickit in and have found he has been relatively fine every year. My advice is keep to his normal routine but check with others who you share a field with to make sure they are doing the same, if possible I would also try and get someone to check them later on if you aren't sure how they will react.
 
I agree with Babymare - they should not be sold to individuals just official displays. I never understand anyone who buys fireworks - why not just burn your money? Burning morning actually lasts longer than the fireworks.

Anyhoo ours tend to be out - there was a display at twilight in the summer and i was able to watch the horses reaction (from the safety of the other side of the fence!). The horses had a little canter around when they started and then settled in to watch them.

This is also the benefit of a display - the horses get a chance to acclimatise to the noise etc.
 
For a few years in the run-up and aftermath of the millenium celebrations, there were fireworks going off all year round for every little private celebration of birthdays etc. But to be honest, that isn't really so round here any more.

I haven't heard or seen any yet. Mollie will be indoors by Nov 5th (I think, decision is down to yo) and I don't think up at the farm she should hear them too much. I hope not, anyway. I've no idea how she'll respond.
 
My horses don't really care about fireworks. I am more scared of them than they are :rolleyes: They live pretty much in town so are used to all sorts of noises and lights in the night sky. I guess that's why fireworks aren't terribly interesting to them. I am petrified of them however!
 
I would say, don't panic! As long as the stable or field is safe and secure, just do what you normally do- the last thing a stressed horse needs is random changes to its routine. If they get a bit alarmed by the whizz bangs, they will get over it. At our yard they take no notice at all, as the YO thoughtfully acclimatises them by arranging pheasant shoots in the neighbouring fields in the previous weeks :eek: The thing that upsets them most about bonfire is that no-one comes down to feed them until 9am on 6th November as we are all too hungover :rolleyes:
 
^^^^ as above, do as you normally do, you will worry, but if your horses are upset being there wont do anything to calm them down.

I have been there and done that, and all I did was fret all night...,

Next day, they were calm and eating .....

Although if you have neighbours near by please ask them to let you know when they are doing there display.... They will not mind x
 
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