shooting over dogs

My dogs hear gun shots from the time they are pups. We will be out shooting at some tin cans are shooting a few doves if it is the season even shooting some rattle snakes out in the feilds . Just start out shooting what gun you are going to prefer and away from the dogs from a good distance then just ease your way in as the days weeks and months go by . I shoot a 12 ga with slugs when am hog hunting its deadly on any kind of boar hog . I have used them all from 22 mag - 30/30 to 45/70. You hit that sucker right with a 1oz peice of lead and he is going down also To me a pistol is a waste of time but am not a pistol man like to carry one if tieing hogs just in case the hog gets out of control can pop him fast . The dogs will get use to the gun. My dogs will bay great up tight when they see me coming in they tend to back off a little so I can shoot its like they know what is fixin to happen. I will get in as close as I can for the shot dont like to take any kind of longer shots than I have to cause with all the action going on and the drelin pumping I have seen some mighty good shots MISS! Just take your time and sneak in . To all the pistol people noting against pistols I just never been very good with one .