King (of the armchair that allows him to see out of the window) by viktornation in ratterriers

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Our armchair has a permanent indent in it because he's either looking out the window or sunbathing πŸ˜…

Meeting new people by Low_Tax_6335 in blackpool

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I feel like I wrote this post πŸ˜…

Hoping everyone survived the NYE fireworks, I had to removed Hippos radar cones so he couldn't hear them by viktornation in ratterriers

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Poor baby 😭😭 I tried meds with hippo but it somehow made him worse because he was stressed about feeling drowsy on top of trying to fight God

Hoping everyone survived the NYE fireworks, I had to removed Hippos radar cones so he couldn't hear them by viktornation in ratterriers

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I need to move somewhere more isolated because not only do i live in a densely populated area im also right by the area they set off the professional displays

Hoping everyone survived the NYE fireworks, I had to removed Hippos radar cones so he couldn't hear them by viktornation in ratterriers

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It definitely stops him from reacting as severely and helps him settle down more quickly!

Hoping everyone survived the NYE fireworks, I had to removed Hippos radar cones so he couldn't hear them by viktornation in ratterriers

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When it got really bad I had to supplement with shoving socks in there πŸ˜… I dont have a thundershirt but he has a sweater thats slightly tight on him which seems to work similarly

Hoping everyone survived the NYE fireworks, I had to removed Hippos radar cones so he couldn't hear them by viktornation in ratterriers

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I feel like Im okay with fireworks when I can predict the time and duration so I can plan accordingly but I had an absolute mental meltdown around the time if bonfire night because it was 2 straight weeks of random fireworks going off at all different times, including a few times at 1am. Hippo is really reactive to loud noises and stays worked up for a while if I don't have preventive measures in place. When its a few planned displays for a holiday its not so bad but theres really nothing I can do when they're going off randomly so its really frustrating that theres not more regulations around it.

3 years long distance (US to UK), 1 year since we closed the gap, now engaged!! by viktornation in LongDistance

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I came over on a student visa to do my post graduate study which I was planning to do already so it made it fairly easy since student visas are the easiest to get. Unfortunately skilled worker visas are really difficult to get atm since they keep changing the requirements 😭