At the end of the day shooting manages to summon some very strong emotions, people are either for or against, there doesn't seem to be a middle ground.
I was bought up with it and personally would love to shoot anything I can for the experience, by that I mean any type of firearm, not species. I am wholly opposed to hunting any endangered game species.
Terms like Hooray Henry and landowners, keeps getting thrown about. This really isn't justified, there is an element out there who are very privelaged, but I know many, many shooters who are very ordinary working people. I would say these are by far the majority. Very few are landowners, and they shoot at clubs, as syndicates or work extremely hard to secure permissions on other peoples land. They also contribute an awful amount to the conservation of wildlife in this country. Unfortunately without the countryside activities, most of the countryside would be gone. There simply aren't enough altruistic landowners around to finance its upkeep without generating income.
The conclusion that the dog in question may have witnessed another dog being put down by it's owner is very specific, my last dog (Chester) was an eleven month old rescue and was very nervous of diesel vans, what did I conclude from that? It had previosuly had a bad experience with a diesel van?, maybe, did it's previous owner drive one and do cruel things while it was in it?, maybe, or did it just not like that particular frequency of noise?, maybe The truth is, who knows, only it's previous owner may have a clue. My current Dog visited a shooting club at eight weeks, no, it did not leave the crate in the car, due to it being incompletely vaccinated. The boot was left open, no fuss was made and he is now at 9 months fully happy around guns. In fact if he observes a rifle coming out, he wants to come with us. He is absolutely petrified of sugar beet lorries, now, I reckon I would be as well. They weigh about 40 tonnes and make a helluva racket, given the power of a dogs hearing compared to ours, for a young dog this is perfectly normal. We don't react when he demonstrates his dislike and eventually he will lose this fear as he learns that there is nothing to be concerned about. Chester lost his fear of diesel vans within a couple of years. George is a wolfhound lurcher by the way, a more gregarious dog does not exist.
I think the original poster was originally reviewing a product.
Dave
