David O'H wrote:
Of course the dog is trained to stay right near his human, so he tends to
lie on the floor behind the drum throne, and thus behind the kick drum. I
suspect that loyalty trumps discomfort in the dog, so he stays nearby.

I think the first thing is to make the owner aware of the situation, or
does he already know?

What can we do for hearing protection for the dog? Has anyone any ideas?
Google wasn't much help; I figure that if there's a bunch of folks around
who could answer this peculiar question, it'd be the folks here.

Try contacting http://www.petmar.com/ They make lots of equipment for
training Police and Military dogs. They may have something to protect
animal hearing when firearms are being used.

Chris

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