this was held about 3/4 mile west of our place and was plainly visible
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Our closest public display is a drone show this year. We will decide after dinner if we are going to drive over to see it. I’m intrigued but inertia will probably set in…
How did your horses do?
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all never paid much attention to this, they just looked at it once or twice then ignored it
the yearling laid down to sleep
but the dogs, one is scared of loud noise. A thunderstorm will make her go into hiding while the Great Pyrenees will stand her ground to bark at the intruding display (this dog will bark at any AND everything or even at nothing at all … she has a real name but Barky is what I call her and she responds to Barky)
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I hate personal fireworks. Those looked cool. Neighbor parents must not be home. Oldest boy (I believe) got home around 1am and shot of some HUGE bottle rockets. Selfish punk.
You’ve just captioned my nightmare! 
Amazingly, in my 19yrs on the farm, last night was the shortest display of Asshats Making Noise While Burning Money in memory.
Maybe the drought?
Though doubtful the maroons considered that.
Maybe the cost?
Whatever, it made fir a less stressful celebration for me.
In fact, legally fireworks are permitted from 9A (WTF?) to 11P from June 29 through today.
On the 4th they get an extra hour, until midnight. 
Blessed silence until the 3rd, when a couple half-hearted Booms happened during daylight, same after dark…
Last night was quiet until dark, then a flurry of activity from 9-10.
I saw some pretty light displays from my pastures.
Then Nada 
Only a couple of the Are You Kidding? 
M80s & not a single 1/4stick.
My eardrums remained unbruised 
Horse & pony were pacing when I did nightcheck, but not sweaty or overly upset.
Mini was oblivious 
All came into their stalls for cookies, except mini, who was already “helping” me inside the barn. Cookies consumed, they then resumed their Sentry Duty.
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We have this EVERY year. We live in a farming community, and the people who bought and renovated the 1800’s house across the road set off the type of fireworks that the town uses. Never mind that it’s illegal in our state. We put up a second pen within our fence for the sheep and goats and corralled them until the show was over. I gave our poor mare some Via Calm which took the edge off for her. This means she didn’t actually perform sliding stops at the fence corners, just ran up and down the fence line, sweating and terrified. My husband and I keep her company during these events so she’s not alone. This year my can-do-anything husband rewired the lighting on a parking lot style commercial light that came with our property, and he lit the pasture up so maresie could see her footing better, and hopefully to diminish the effect of the explosions. I’m not sure that it made the neighbors’ light show as much fun, but oh well.
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Mostly banging and booming around us, not close. Last year we kept horses in until 11P, which is when the neighbor set off their collection. Started with overhead explosions of color which GOT horses attention!! They ran back up to the barnyard, stood watching the display with head gelding in front, ready to fight…whatever was making that noise and smell!! Luckily it only lasted about 30 minutes with them standing, watching on high alert. Then things got quiet again for the night and they settled.
We again let them out at 11P last night. No fireworks from neighbor this year! YAY!! Horses have been hearing the noise for several days now, so it didn’t bother them as the headed out to the fields. I left on the barnyard lights in case some idiot decided 3A fireworks were needed, to give better vision to any running horses. Being midweek, I think folks needed to get their sleep to work today. Thank goodness!!
So an easy night for us. Those overhead lights of fireworks last year were more exciting than I liked!! Only ones we have seen horses react to all these years. We have plenty of shooting around us, hunters, target practice year round, so horses are used to that. But we know of other horses or livestock that paniced, coliced, went thru fences when neighbors did fireworks. Horses that died after.
It is a scary night for too many people and animals.
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I just got involved in a facebook group argument about fireworks and what their ILLEGAL in MA fireworks do to animals and people. I prefaced it by saying that since I live near a gun range, my dogs are unaffected by the noise.
One incredibly intelligent woman said “I have never heard a veteran complain about fireworks ever in my life and I know quite a few. These complaints about fireworks were never a thing until people turned soft. They happen every year and will continue to every year. You know when it’s coming so do what you need to do to help yourself or your animal deal with it”
Lovely, isn’t it?
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Well, bless her heart
PTSD not affecting her “quite a few” means it doesn’t exist for anyone?
Nice World view 
I’m not a veteran, but when my windows rattle & I feel the shock of an M80 or larger going off, I get stressed!
& Though my animals aren’t affected, those who are get my sympathy.
@Paisley_Pony Maybe you can angle that light so it lessens the dark in your inconsiderate neighbors’ yard while still lighting the fencelines.
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2DogsFarm, right?
Please note above: That quote is NOT from me. It’s me quoting an IDIOT who lives near me.
She also proceeded to tell me that I am way to worked up about these things and that I should move to where there are no thunderstorms or other loud noises.
I wish I could move where there are not idiots.
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Also in MA where personal fireworks are illegal. I have a lovely neighbor who set off fireworks like what a town puts on - huge and loud. They were maybe 200 feet from my barn. Had the horses in their stalls, doors shut, lights on, music playing loudly. Horses still got quite upset, my older one in particular was practically running in her stall.
Considering this neighbor burnt our neighborly bridge the very first day we met, I called the police. They responded quite promptly and the display stopped.
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Pico_Banana…REALLY? They responded? We were told not to bother the police if people were lighting off fireworks.
I am grateful (SO GRATEFUL) that my animals don’t care. Last year, though, I was worried the idiots would start a fire. Mother Nature intervened on that this year. THANK GOODNESS!
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Every year without fail someone who has property on the bluff( borders our property line along the creek/ bottom ground) sets off a massive amount of fireworks.
Our bedroom windows face the bluff but our animals are all up the hill from our house and sheltered by trees so they are not bothered at all. They really go all out and when I happened to wake up at 2:30 this morning they were still at it…
They did. They did last year, too, but unfortunately got there too late last year and didn’t have enough to even knock on the neighbor’s door.
I think it helped that they were going off when I called and the person taking the call could hear how loud they were, and I (accurately) described them as professional grade, so they knew it wasn’t just little bottle rocket type things. I also mentioned the problems it was causing with the horses and while we are not a true right to farm community, the town takes farming and animal concerns very seriously. There are people on the police force with horses, too, so they know.
I am very grateful for their assistance.
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I think we may have accidentally done this. 
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I got that.
My snark was corrected at the entitled FBer whose world must be very, very, small & ugly.
If you find that Idjit-free location, let me know
@Pico_Banana We’re also told to avoid calling police for noise infractions.
Sadly the fireworks are legal here, no matter the caliber.
Unless I could pinpoint a location & be certain the lawbreaking would still be happening (as you did) I wouldn’t bother calling.
