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<blockquote data-quote="Petras" data-source="post: 128657" data-attributes="member: 216">I've been using a collar with my wirehair from a very young age.&nbsp; Once she figured out that hearing the beep meant that the next step was the tingle if she didn't do what I wanted her to do, she shaped up real quick.&nbsp; Now I very rarely even have to use the beep on her.&nbsp;&nbsp; after doing a lot of research on how to introduce pups to gunfire, I ended up doing this:&nbsp; I would take her out to the country for her evening feeding.&nbsp; I would set her bowl down, let her start eating, and then walk about 25 yards away and fire a couple shots from a .22 rifle.&nbsp; She didn't even notice it....&nbsp; after a few trips out doing this, I progressed to my .22 pistol which has a little more bark....&nbsp; after a few trips with the pistol i upped the distance to about 50 yards and fired 1 shot with my shotgun.&nbsp; I then slowly worked my way closer to her over the next few trips out until I was withing 15 yards of her.&nbsp; It worked really well and she has never shown even a hint of being gunshy.Just something to think about.&nbsp; Theres a million different ways to do things, this is what worked for me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Petras, post: 128657, member: 216"] I've been using a collar with my wirehair from a very young age. Once she figured out that hearing the beep meant that the next step was the tingle if she didn't do what I wanted her to do, she shaped up real quick. Now I very rarely even have to use the beep on her. after doing a lot of research on how to introduce pups to gunfire, I ended up doing this: I would take her out to the country for her evening feeding. I would set her bowl down, let her start eating, and then walk about 25 yards away and fire a couple shots from a .22 rifle. She didn't even notice it.... after a few trips out doing this, I progressed to my .22 pistol which has a little more bark.... after a few trips with the pistol i upped the distance to about 50 yards and fired 1 shot with my shotgun. I then slowly worked my way closer to her over the next few trips out until I was withing 15 yards of her. It worked really well and she has never shown even a hint of being gunshy. Just something to think about. Theres a million different ways to do things, this is what worked for me. [/QUOTE]

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