Recent content by butchcassidy5

I don't have scientific proof as I'm not a vet but it is irrefutable that noise trauma from shooting does damage to a dogs hearing as it does ours, hence why we wear ear muffs. There are always exceptions and I'm sure there are plenty of dogs who have hunted all of their days and have never had...

There have been studies into the subject http://www.msstate.edu/web/media/detail.php?id=1812

Sorry if I have posted this in the wrong section. My last dog was totally deaf by 11 and this has been attributed to the years and years I took her out hunting with me. To me there currently appears to be no solution to this (have tried mutt muffs and they are useless) so I am currently...