Dummy Launchers?

[slipper 116]

Are they something that I will definitely need regarding training my ess what are your views, can I train her without one?

[jessdale 416]

Yes you can definitely train your dog without a dummy launcher.

[CHEVINFOX 3,537]

by the time you f%&^$£ about with a dummy launcher you could throw 10 dummies imo

[jangles 24]

You could end up with a very nervous dog using one ... leave well alone. Use party poppers (take the streamers out first !!) progress to a starting pistol then shotgun .... all at a distance to start with

 

Jangles

[Barry83 28]

Dummy launchers are not necessary for training if you have a young dog start with a tennis ball retrieval then up your game to just dummy's dummy launchers are primarily for long distance retrieves to let your dog get a better mark on it as it draws attention with the sound

[slipper 116]

Thanks my dog is 13 months old now retrieving well I have got her retrieving rabbits and wood pigeons as well as a dummy covered in a hair skin but its just getting her to retrieve from a greater distance I am trying to do

[butcherboy 68]

Thanks my dog is 13 months old now retrieving well I have got her retrieving rabbits and wood pigeons as well as a dummy covered in a hair skin but its just getting her to retrieve from a greater distance I am trying to do

 

Just send her for long memory retrieves then.

 

You can get buy without a dummy launcher. Even if you have one they are best used when somebody else does the firing, so they could equally just throw the dummy while placed out in the field.

[slipper 116]

Ok thanks, I meant hare skin not hair skin lol