Gun Dog Training Aids
Owning a gun dog is not always a straightforward task. Dogs need careful guidance and training if they are to become successful gun dogs and owners have lots of important decisions to make in order to try and achieve this. The first thing you should decide upon is kit.
A well-chosen piece of kit, combined with appropriate training, will make the difference between an adequate gun dog and a great one. Gun Dog Kit know this and have produced a range of training aids specially designed with this in mind:
A pup needs lots of practice with
Gun Dog Dummies before they're introduced to the real thing. Get them used to handling game in the correct manner and, perhaps even more importantly, get them used to the size and bulk of the animal. Pups can also practice correct holding technique using the
Dokken Teal. Spaces for their bite on the body of the dummy help them to train their biting technique and ensure they carry a kill properly. Once they're a bit older,
The Winged Game Dummy is perfect for developing their skills a little further - its simulated wings help to train your dog in advanced game handling and its construction allows for use in water or on land, meaning that your dog can develop skills by practicing in different environments, enhancing their realism of your training programme.
However, a Gun Dog Dummy will only do so much on its own - ideally it needs to be combined with an
appropriate dog training scent so that your dog will learn to associate game of different sizes, according to the dummie used, with a different fowl. Our scents aid the concept of hunting and retrieving and improve your dog's natural sense of determination and purpose.
Lastly, you want your dog to respond differently according to the animal being retrieved. Those of you who hunt rabbits will be keenly aware that dogs must approach the kill in a different way to a bird - Gun Dog Kit stocks the
Rabbit Skin Dummy which is specially designed to simulate the correct feel in your dog's mouth. With careful practice, he will then be able to develop his technique according to the animal he is retrieving.
