Posted: 3/8/2013 2:49:43 PM EDT
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Yes I know you clicked on this thinking it was some kind of sick post.
I came home from the range today and my dog would not go near me when I tried to pet her. I figured it might be how I smelled after shooting for a few hours, after I washed my hands and changed she was normal. I later tested my theory that she is scared of the smell by letting her sniff my bag of brass I brought home, she ran away. Anyone else have this happen with a dog? |
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I don't know if its the gunpowder or something else.
My dog loves to try to chew on fireworks. Spent or not. He makes no "adverse" movements to me when I get back from the range. Of course when he was young I took him out to the woods and shot a bunch of primed 12ga hulls and then some really really weak blanks. He's also been around fireworks all his life (he's only 15 months) Colt: 
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| Dogs approach everything on a pleasure vs. pain scale. Without getting into the specifics of the psychology, if you are seeing a negative response from the dog whether it be based on odor or body language, you can solve the issue by turning it into a positive. It can be anything from playing with a toy with the odor imprinted in it to having a treat and making playtime a part of coming home from the range. The odor of gunpowder is not an automatic danger odor to an animal unless it has perceived something negative related to it in it's past. It's a very easy issue to resolve. |
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I don't know if its the gunpowder or something else. My dog loves to try to chew on fireworks. Spent or not. He makes no "adverse" movements to me when I get back from the range. Of course when he was young I took him out to the woods and shot a bunch of primed 12ga hulls and then some really really weak blanks. He's also been around fireworks all his life (he's only 15 months) Colt: http://blitztactical.com/uploads/coltfeb.jpg mine ate about $100 worth of fireworks one day, had them in a box and he ate that and everything in it. bits of paper and powder everywhere. |