Call me paranoid, but I treat every dog as though it were predisposed to becoming gun shy. In my experience the problem is man made 100% of the time. However, I agree that dogs vary in their sensitivity to training and surrounding environment.slistoe wrote:That is correct. If you have a dog that is predisposed to becoming gunshy and you handle it improperly you will have a problem. Which is why there are training protocols for introducing the gun - so you can avert the problem. If you get the wrong dog you can follow all the protocols and still have a gunshy dog.ACooper wrote:Gun shy can absolutely be a training problem.
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