This question came up on a shooting forum I'm on. Someone was asking about taking their dog with them to an outdoor range to go shooting. The dog would not be directly next to this person, but perhaps 25-50 yards away.
He was wondering if he should be concerned with hearing damage in the dog from exposure.
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Melissa Thom Webboard User Reg: 12-04-2007
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The short answer is no it shouldn't immediately cause an issue. I shoot much closer to my dog with shotguns from duck blinds as have many hunters for years and years with little problems.
Can it cause certain tones to be lost over time and aging? Very likely as with any loud repeated noise but the odds of causing your dog to go deaf are pretty slim to nil at that range.
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I'd be interested in knowing more about this. As one who has significant hearing loss from hand guns, I'd be equally concerned about dogs having the same damage or worse with the same exposure. And I believe the damage varies with different factors, one being the type of firearm. What may apply to exposure to one gun may be different for other types.
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Quote: Melissa Thom
Can it cause certain tones to be lost over time and aging? Very likely as with any loud repeated noise but the odds of causing your dog to go deaf are pretty slim to nil at that range.
I'm not sure about dogs, but I do have a friend who did much shooting without protection and now he can't hear crickets! Honestly, the doctor told him that crickets and many gunshots are at the same frequency and that was a common indication of hearing loss due to frequent exposure to gunshots. (He can still hear gunshots, btw, because of the higher decibels...just not crickets.) Weird.
Anyway, my guess (only a guess) is if that's the extent of what a human got, the dog wouldn't suffer too much in the way of hearing loss. However, I do know of people who have had severe hearing loss from gunshots so I probably shouldn't be making guesses after all.
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