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[Joan Deutsch]

A reminder to myself to get out the horsey earplugs for tonight. Our place will sound like a war zone at midnight but wearing equine earplugs keep our horses pretty relaxed. Will there be fireworks near your barn?

[horsepeople2001]

nothing regarding fire works here till 3 am when I think my possibly drunk neighbor decided to suddenly blast off a few things. scared the hell out of us and one of the dogs. wasn't expecting a 3 am wake up call with m-80s!

[UrbanHennery]

There were plenty of fireworks here - not quite as many as 4th of July, but still more than we needed. Digger is petrified of them and we've had several incidents of panic in the past. Mini Mo (the mini mule) proved that she's worth her weight in gold as every time I went out to check on them, D was standing within a few feet of her and was amazingly calm. So glad that I spent $150 in diesel to go pick up a free mule...

[horsepeople2001]

mules and donkeys can provide a calming influence to a horse since they don't go into a full blown panic like horses do. they are thinkers in the equine world and won't do any thing to hurt themselves. thus helping to keep the rest of the herd calmer.

[kriss10]

There were plenty of fireworks here - not quite as many as 4th of July, but still more than we needed. Digger is petrified of them and we've had several incidents of panic in the past. Mini Mo (the mini mule) proved that she's worth her weight in gold as every time I went out to check on them, D was standing within a few feet of her and was amazingly calm. So glad that I spent $150 in diesel to go pick up a free mule...

There is no such thing as a free horse (or mule), but sometimes they can be worth their weight in gold

It is amazing how valuable a calm horse is for the rest of the pack! Ginger was our rock - that old girl was not afraid of anything, and had a calming affect on everyone else. During the Christmas snow we had many hours of snow sloughing off the roof of the main barn onto the roof of the horses area right above their feeders, then sliding down into a big pile. This never bothered Ginger and she would eat or sleep right through all that noise. Annie is not quite so stoic and found the noise quite bothersome at first, and she managed to get everyone else worked up during the first day of melt off. She finally settled down and figured out the barn was not crashing down around her, and the rest of them settled down too. They seem to take their cue from the leader, for better or worse, so it is good to have a solid alpha in the mix.

[horsepeople2001]

the only neighbor I have some what behind me has been lighting off fire works for the last 3 nights in a row now. don't think they are the sharpest tools in the shed.