ORIGINAL: dphobby
Thanx again everyone for the suggestions (except daleh), I think I'm going back to the muzzleloading forum, we don't seem to have people with that kind of arrogant attitude over there!!!
had a lot of dogs over years and never saw one that was SHY of noise get better.
very sorry.
now, here is what i do on my puppys the FIRST night i get him/her home.
i turn on RADIO in kitchen while puppy is in crate at night.
i put it on SOFT music the first 2 or 3 nights.
i have not had 1 puppy cry over 2 hrs the first night.
THEN ,after a week, i turn radio to things like music and band with drums,horns, whistles,people talking .
not one dog has even shaked at 6 months on shooting gun on first hunt.not 1.
i shoot a 12 gauge close to them too with pheasant .
i even had my lab grab a lit pack of firecrackers in his MOUTH,yes, lit and going off.
NOW, thats one tough dog,and stupid master for letting him get them in dark but it had NO effect .
i believe deeply that my method of training a puppy to noise is without doubt the bestway and it works.
