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Originally Posted by 78w72
If you dont like fireworks... close your windows on the 4th and put on some music or go somewhere away from them for a few hours 1 day out of the year... your opinion or feelings dont over rule people celebrating Independence day. If its legal in your city/state, people are free to do what they want, regardless of a person or dogs feelings.
My opinion after living next to neighbors with obnoxious barking dogs for many years, who do nothing to stop it & seem to actually encourage it... I could not care less if their dog gets scared of a couple hours of fireworks, if it was legal in my city I would fire off all kinds of fireworks just to give them a taste of what I go through all day every day that chitbox is outside, it barks when the wind blows, at birds & if it sees a person it goes totally crazy, would probably attack me if there wasnt a fence! & when I say chitbox I mean it literally, these people dont pick up their 2 dogs poop, just let it fester in the hot sun all year long, it literally smells so bad I can barely walk down the side of my garage thats next to their back yard without almost gagging!
So yeah, I have no sympathy for those types of dogs/owners that just let their dogs bark with no care or respect for their neighbors on a daily basis, but then cry when some fireworks are lit off on the freakin 4th of july?
& Im a dog lover, just hate obnoxious barking dogs & their owners!
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Maybe you'll see in my original post that I never said anything about banning 4th of July fireworks, I'm not the grinch... Just not putting em in the hands of the public.
I grew up in a town where fireworks were banned since the 70s because the local Fire Captain's son got killed while picking up fireworks that he thought was DUD.
As for dogs , I'm sorry you have an careless neighbor, hopefully you will work it out. Some people should never have pets , let alone have kids...
My dog never barks , doesn't have to. He's 160 pounds and 3 feet tall at the shoulder. Some people think I'm an arse because my dog is always off leash, but for the last 8 years he sticks by my side all the time and listens to me religiously.
Being a gearhead, I own a bunch of loud motorcycles and cars, but I try to be mindful of my neighbors when I drive away and refrain from starting 'em for no reasons.
I never cut the grass on Sundays and do my best to avoid making noise after 5pm any day.
Got rid of my 2 stroke weed whackers and leaf blowers for battery powered ones even if the property is just over an acre.
Not expecting everyone to be a perfect citizen but I believe in communication and empathy goes a long way to resolve conflicts.
The United States would be in a much better shape today, if people were willing to work out the issues the have together and learned how to make compromise instead on buying into the all the polarizing political BS that's flying around non stop.