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Is it a holiday?

YorkieonmyPillow — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 01:07:54 GMT

There's fireworks going off outside! My Shih Tzu ran to me, for comfort........

Re: Is it a holiday?

riley1 — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 01:12:03 GMT

I don't think there has to be a holiday - they were going off by me the last few nights too.

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chrystaltree — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 01:31:35 GMT

I don't think it's a holiday. Some cultures set of fireworks to celebrate weddings. Perhaps it's something like that. There were fireworks all over here when the Patriots won the Super Bowl.

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jpie — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 01:59:52 GMT

Perhaps a Mardi Gras grand finale? We had a huge parade in the metro area in which I live.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 05:35:44 GMT

Maybe a drive-by shooting? Nowadays you never know.

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qualitygal — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 09:42:15 GMT

Someone did that around here on Monday. I'm really hating these noises that scares our little ones who don't understand, but get scared to death!

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Nataliesgramma — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 10:56:18 GMT

Carnival started in Bolivia.....LOL

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just bee — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 12:50:48 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Maybe a drive-by shooting? Nowadays you never know.

@Kachina624

Thinking like a New Mexican, the first thing that came to mind was gunfire -- then I saw your post and had to laugh.

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151949 — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 14:20:43 GMT

To train hunting dogs they take the pups out into the woods with their mother at a very young age and shoot off guns over their heads. When the mother doesn't react , the puppies also take it for granted. If a pup does act skittish they will be exposed to shooting over & over & over until they get used to it.Like everything else - dogs should be trained to not get a reaction to loud noises. If the owner didn't make a big deal about it , the dog wouldn't either.

When we were kids my Grandma was terrified of lighting and thunder. My Mom was having no parts of us picking up on that and told her to go be alone in her room as we are perfectly safe in the house and she wasn't having that fear instilled in her children.

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YorkieonmyPillow — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 15:05:02 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Maybe a drive-by shooting? Nowadays you never know.

No, I actually saw the fireworks. LOL

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chrystaltree — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 15:53:38 GMT

Re: Is it a holiday?

chrystaltree — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 15:55:48 GMT

@YorkieonmyPillow wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:
Maybe a drive-by shooting? Nowadays you never know.
No, I actually saw the fireworks. LOL

Do drive by shootings come with sparkly lights in the sky ???

Re: Is it a holiday?

YorkieonmyPillow — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 16:08:52 GMT

There are no drive-by shootings where I live. I am rural.

I don't know what was going on, maybe they just got happy. These people live a little ways from us, but the other day, my daughter and I were outside enjoying the nice weather and we heard them singing a song called, "Wagon Wheel." LOL. They sounded pretty happy then, too...............

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Kachina624 — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:21:48 GMT

@just bee Actually, the only time I ever heard gunfire was at my sister's house in suburban Philadelphia. There are woods and a creek behind her house and in the middle the night I heard rifle fire back there. Neighbor heard it too so I wasn't imagining things. Someone may have been spotlighting deer.

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sunala — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:51:50 GMT

I hate loud noises, including fireworks and guns