Let me preface this with post with the fact that this is 100% my fault and I should have seen this coming, but I didn't, so now I have to remedy the situation.....
Speaking of hearing protection, have any of you had dogs who got rung by a shot too close to them or over them? I had my dog in the boat blind and one guy (doesn't usually hunt with us) swung too far following a bird and it ended up ringing her bell pretty good (and mine as well). I was not hunting so he basically swung over where I would have been shooting and the angle/placement of the barrel and the direction of the report was no bueno with her on the front deck. It may be hard to picture if you haven't hunted a boat blind but the shooter was sitting in the bottom of the boat and she was on the deck so that put her closer to the shot and he basically shot over her from behind, the same way many dogs get shot over when they break but at a much closer distance. She lost her mind and went to the bottom of the boat and curled up. I took her to the vet and one eardrum was inflamed but both fully intact and no infections so whatever losses she has should be temporary per the vet. Its been 10 days and her hearing has slowly returned but I want to be careful introducing shooting back to her. I am sure she will be very cautious about it and don't want a gun shy dog.
Speaking of hearing protection, have any of you had dogs who got rung by a shot too close to them or over them? I had my dog in the boat blind and one guy (doesn't usually hunt with us) swung too far following a bird and it ended up ringing her bell pretty good (and mine as well). I was not hunting so he basically swung over where I would have been shooting and the angle/placement of the barrel and the direction of the report was no bueno with her on the front deck. It may be hard to picture if you haven't hunted a boat blind but the shooter was sitting in the bottom of the boat and she was on the deck so that put her closer to the shot and he basically shot over her from behind, the same way many dogs get shot over when they break but at a much closer distance. She lost her mind and went to the bottom of the boat and curled up. I took her to the vet and one eardrum was inflamed but both fully intact and no infections so whatever losses she has should be temporary per the vet. Its been 10 days and her hearing has slowly returned but I want to be careful introducing shooting back to her. I am sure she will be very cautious about it and don't want a gun shy dog.
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