Lost my best friend about 3 months ago and it was hard. Have a new friend I got from the humane society and have named him Tucker. Seems to be gun shy and even bow shy but should get over that.
No such thing per se as a gun shy dog. It’s all association and chances are they won’t just get over it. You need to teach new associations. If you need ideas pm me, I’ll give you my number and we can figure a way that’ll work.
Now “rescue” dogs are a sore subject w me. I’m not saying this to curse your dog it’s to educate others. You have zero idea what happened, where it came from, health issues and I’m not just talking about that dog alone but you couldn’t possibly breed it without knowing anything about it. This all involves recessive, dominant genes. Stacking them, etc. Too much to go into here. If anyone wants a good place to start, start with a good back yard breeder. You want a proven cross if possible.
Guys I know someone will say best dog they’ve ever had was a rescue. No rescue to my knowledge ever won a field trial and the certainly didn’t produce ones that did. Never once in 40 plus years of actively being very involved w dogs has a rescue ever been even good unless it was coming from a guy that had hunt dogs and say died, got divorced. In those situations if any good they’d be spoken for most likely.
I judge dog’s and compete with them. I’ve seen lots more than many. Not saying I’ve seen it all but the avg from a rescue is way down the mediocrity scale.
Even house pets have way too many health issues from rescues. Some hidden for a few years perhaps. Keep that in mind.
Op please don’t take anything incorrectly. Not cursing you or tucker. Only info for others