Thread: dog afraid of gun shots

Just a quick update. Went out to a mates farm just for some target practice. Ended up bringing some treats along for positive reinforcement. Let off a few rounds with the .22 with the silencer on with my dog next to me she was fine with that then took the silencer off. moved up to the .17 same thing then .243 she was a bit edgy but still didn't run away to the car.
She was really sticking to my side so we tried with the shotgun but I got my partner to shoot it while I was back behind him with the dog at my side and she first started to run away but after calling her back she stuck it out sitting next to me which was so great ( even tho it doesn't sound great) you could see she wasn't super happy about the noise but still didn't run away back to the car.

Now to keep working on that and then hopefully to when she can be near me when I fire the shotgun.

We shall keep working on it with this silly wee mutt