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

That was going to be my 2 cents Kiwi-hunter, a ten year old gundog who has had a decade of shooting, it's reasonable to think maybe he is just going deaf? I agree with what you say about position too, I'm mindful of it too now. I know with dogs on deer in the past I've never shot over the top of them for that reason, always bring him in behind or at heel so the muzzle is forward of him, not an always an option with bird dogs, but I'd imagine a rifle is harsher on the ears than a shotty