Post by bigtop on Feb 8, 2023 15:02:50 GMT -5
www.collingwoodtoday.ca/local-news/survey-says-collingwood-residents-want-fireworks-6495674
If more municipalities did a similar surveys I am sure the result would be the same. The it scares my dog crowd and other fireworks objectors is are the minority. It would be a better idea to figure out a better way for your dog to deal with fireworks than demanding no fireworks. It is the owner of an animal that is responsible for it. If a dog bolts as a result of fireworks maybe the owner should have contained it or conditioned it to not have that reaction. The action of consoling your dog as thunderstorms and fireworks happen only informs the dog that the human is concerned too. The Cesar Milan shows explain how humans affect their dog's behavior over and over.
There was a lady who walked a standard poodle (a very intelligent dog) on my street that would wrap her arms around the poodle to stop it from running at and barking at passing cars. The poodle continued to try as hard as it could to go after the cars. Why, all the information given by the owner told the cars were something to get stressed about. The Husband started walking the dog and correcting it's behavior at the end of the leash without the grabbing the dog to hold it back. The poodle got it in 3 days and now calmly sits down as cars pass. I am on a rural road with no sidewalk and most dog owners have their dog sit as the occasional car goes by.
During the early years of my business I often shot fireworks in my backyard to check out new products (Yards here are several acres each). Initially many neighborhood dogs would bark and whine and freak out at the fireworks. Fortunately the were all tied up or in kennels. After a few times the dogs started sitting and looking at the fireworks without any barking or whining. Quite simply they became accustomed to the fireworks. I could not say if they were enjoying them but they would sit calmly and watch them. To me this says dogs can be conditioned to fireworks just like they can be conditioned to a shotgun as hunters do with their hunting dogs. I am not a dog trainer or have any extensive knowledge about dog training. Perhaps a procedure to condition dogs to fireworks that could be publicized around fireworks event dates. There is some info online on the subject but very little is about desensitizing dogs to fireworks. Most advice that talks about comforting your dog and giving it a safe place to hide does not seem to deal with the problem to me. It seems to me this just reinforces the fear in the dog making it subject to bolting if it was loose.
Has anybody on this forum conditioned their dog to be calm during fireworks? If so how? I'm thinking exposure to fireworks and food for the dog would be a possibility. This is the same procedure used by hunters to condition hunting dogs to having a shotgun fired close to them.
If more municipalities did a similar surveys I am sure the result would be the same. The it scares my dog crowd and other fireworks objectors is are the minority. It would be a better idea to figure out a better way for your dog to deal with fireworks than demanding no fireworks. It is the owner of an animal that is responsible for it. If a dog bolts as a result of fireworks maybe the owner should have contained it or conditioned it to not have that reaction. The action of consoling your dog as thunderstorms and fireworks happen only informs the dog that the human is concerned too. The Cesar Milan shows explain how humans affect their dog's behavior over and over.
There was a lady who walked a standard poodle (a very intelligent dog) on my street that would wrap her arms around the poodle to stop it from running at and barking at passing cars. The poodle continued to try as hard as it could to go after the cars. Why, all the information given by the owner told the cars were something to get stressed about. The Husband started walking the dog and correcting it's behavior at the end of the leash without the grabbing the dog to hold it back. The poodle got it in 3 days and now calmly sits down as cars pass. I am on a rural road with no sidewalk and most dog owners have their dog sit as the occasional car goes by.
During the early years of my business I often shot fireworks in my backyard to check out new products (Yards here are several acres each). Initially many neighborhood dogs would bark and whine and freak out at the fireworks. Fortunately the were all tied up or in kennels. After a few times the dogs started sitting and looking at the fireworks without any barking or whining. Quite simply they became accustomed to the fireworks. I could not say if they were enjoying them but they would sit calmly and watch them. To me this says dogs can be conditioned to fireworks just like they can be conditioned to a shotgun as hunters do with their hunting dogs. I am not a dog trainer or have any extensive knowledge about dog training. Perhaps a procedure to condition dogs to fireworks that could be publicized around fireworks event dates. There is some info online on the subject but very little is about desensitizing dogs to fireworks. Most advice that talks about comforting your dog and giving it a safe place to hide does not seem to deal with the problem to me. It seems to me this just reinforces the fear in the dog making it subject to bolting if it was loose.
Has anybody on this forum conditioned their dog to be calm during fireworks? If so how? I'm thinking exposure to fireworks and food for the dog would be a possibility. This is the same procedure used by hunters to condition hunting dogs to having a shotgun fired close to them.
