Thread: dog a little gun shy

Originally Posted by Scribe

Yes we take a dogs ears to much for granted. Many of the dogs we shot deer over, or the goat teams dogs became totally or partially deaf over their life time from the constant shooting over them.

I know how the feel I am going that way myself. I have a whole bloody chorus of locusts bussing away in my cranium fins.

'Spanners' is right though the gun club is a great place for a pup to get used to guns. When I took my latest pup to the Whitianga Club I was suprised that it never turned a hair at the guns. One of the older guys said, "of course, I would not have expected any reaction except happiness from your pup. Remember you always brought the mother when you came to a shoot when she was carrying her pups. The pups being carried hear the guns and associate it with a fun experience because the mother is having a fun"

So if you want to produce a line of pups that are bombproof take the mother when she is carrying to the local gun club and get her out having a great time.

dogs ears dont even open till around 10 days old
how can they know whats going on when they are in there mothers belly ?? are you saying they know they have been to a gun club the second they are born ??

Originally Posted by Kaimaicockher

dogs ears dont even open till around 10 days old
how can they know whats going on when they are in there mothers belly ?? are you saying they know they have been to a gun club the second they are born ??

I see what you mean about puppies but I see that there may be evidence that they are aware of loud noises.

I used to drag my pregnant wife down to the gun club to get our kids used to the gun early too,

Originally Posted by Munsey

I used to drag my pregnant wife down to the gun club to get our kids used to the gun early too,

LOL

Originally Posted by Kaimaicockher

dogs ears dont even open till around 10 days old
how can they know whats going on when they are in there mothers belly ?? are you saying they know they have been to a gun club the second they are born ??

Back in the day when stock-whips were common place in this country the drovers / farmers would crack their whips around the in-pup bitches and after the litters were born to eliminate whip / gun shy pups, according to my Dad they very rarely had any pups that were whip or gun shy. Something that does not get results does not become common practice - so maybe the pups can hear or at least feel the "vibes" from their "Mum"....