Thread: My dogs gone totally deaf after a bird shoot why?

Well I have done the same. Shot goats all day, Dog was to near she didn't come right.(Big cal)One blast to much for her.
10 years thats 62 in human years.
My hearing is down on one side more than the other and I am not 62.
I have a spaniel now the best dog I ever had he is getting near ten and is getting hard of hearing,He's been shot over a lot with shotgun mainly.
Because of the other dogs ears. Ive keeped this one away from direct blasting which has helped.
But the hearing to voice is way down from say 4 years ago,He is still alright on the whistle.
I don't think there is one answer to this they are best kepted away or back from the blasting by at lest a metre back or to the side of the shooter.