How to keep your Pets happy this Bonfire Night

Bonfire night and New Years might be good for some of us but for our pets it’s a nightmare so we have a guide on how to keep your pets happy and stress free.

Pets at Home offer a complete guide on how to know when your pets are in distress and what to do to make life better for them.

According to the RSPCA these are the things you can do now the fireworks have started:

• Walk your dog during daylight hours to avoid times when fireworks are likely to be set off.
• Move your dog to the safe haven each evening before the fireworks begin. Provide toys and other things that they enjoy in the safe haven.
• Make sure there are things for you to do too, so your dog isn’t left alone.
• Close windows and curtains to muffle the sound of fireworks. Blackout your doggy safe haven, so they can’t see any flashes outside.
• Put on some music or TV to mask the firework sounds.
• Ignore the firework noises yourself. Play with a toy to see if your dog wants to join in, but don’t force them to play.

Of course its not just our pets that are frightened by the fireworks the wildlife also suffers badly with many new to the earth who have never experienced all the bangs and horrible polluting smells.

Many people enjoy Bonfire night however with money so tight right now and nothing looking great into the future it would be much wiser to ban fireworks for public use and have displays only which would help our pets and wildlife.