has anyone ever had a dog that was not gun shy and all of sudden he is? happen to my lab after 3 years of hunting then he got gun shy.
Something happened to make the dog gun shy.
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A sibling to one of my dogs, several titles, field trialed, and a hard driving hunting dog, had another dog handler at an event accidentally fire a gun off right next to the dog's head. That dog was gun shy from that moment on. Think Snake avoidance training. Many dogs are deathly scared of the sight, sound, and smell of a snake after a single training session. My older Vizsla was deathly scared of any snake shaped object for years after a single real snake bite incident. This is why some gun shy dogs are just as scared of the sight of a gun as they are the sound of it.