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Dear gun lovers

My name is Casey, I am in a Senior Level Entrepreneurship class at the University of Idaho. We are researching the effects on Canine Hearing loss due to excessive loud noises over a lifetime.

How do you prevent such a thing?

Canine earmuffs.

I am wondering if you guys take your dogs shooting with you? (At lease in the vicinity of them hearing your shots.)

If so have you thought of the effects on your dogs hearing?

PS I do know there are existing products, but due to capitalism we want to make another product, both inexpensive and quality made in the USA!

Thanks in advance!

kcwhay,

You might be on the wrong shooters forum for your question. Most of the folks here shoot on a range with well designated targets and very little use for field dogs. In many cases pets of any kind are discouraged if not openly prohibited on the range.

You might get a better sample set if you looked around for a bird hunting forum where folks are more likely to have field or retriever dogs with them.

Just a thought.

'Dude

I just had to post these cute pics of one of our club members with his 'assistance' dog.

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Those are cool, my goldens hated fire works, they would have loved those muffs.

Bruce F wrote:I just had to post these cute pics of one of our club members with his 'assistance' dog.

That is the cutest thing I have even seen!!

How does a dog wearing ear defenders hear your commands?

Rutty

Rutty wrote:How does a dog wearing ear defenders hear your commands?

Rutty

You hear commands when wearing ear muffs, no?

You hear commands when wearing ear muffs, no?

Explain hearing conservation to the dog. All of mine have had the facility to be selectively deaf, they don't need any outside assistance.

Rutty

justadude wrote:kcwhay,

You might get a better sample set if you looked around for a bird hunting forum where folks are more likely to have field or retriever dogs with them.

Just wasn't sure if you guys go to events and 'camp out'.

Thank you for your help and your idea!!

Casey,
You may want to try some of the bird hunting websites. This is actually a real problem with many bird dogs. It has cropped up with mine as they get older.

John

You may want to try some of the bird hunting websites. This is actually a real problem with many bird dogs.

Yes.
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