Dummies - questions and looking for input

[Scum Frog]

ok.....I need some input here.

I'm about ready to drop some cash on some training dummies.

Have it narrowed down to a few.

SportDog "Lucky Dog" - classic, used these with my previous Lab and they stood up very well, some over 10 years! price is right as well.

Avery Hex - like the look of them, concerned how they will stand up to cold weather training that is a fact of life up here. Are they really that hard?

Dokken deadfowls - I'm undecided on these. I can see the benefit of them, but for the price I can buy a lot of dummies, wings or even birds.
my question is do "pro" trainers use these?


Thanks for your input and time!

[todd walker]

newman&bennett

decoy1.com

[Charles C.]

The new Avery bumpers are much softer.

[Scum Frog]

Hi Charles,

Thx...I did just confirm with Gun Dog Supply they have the newer "softer" Avery Hexabumper

[Ken Bora]

of the 3 choices of the OP above I vote lucky dog.

[Dogtrainer4God]

of the 3 choices of the OP above I vote lucky dog.

I'm with Ken, buy the cheapest you can find. They last a long time and easy to replace if lost.

[sdnordahl]

Lucky dog. I still have some from 10yrs ago and the new ones from gundogsupply.com come with a rope and there $3

[The Snows]

Sent you a PM

[i_willie12]

Have like 50 lucky dogs for pile work.. Have some hex for hold and FF work (i like them harder for that seems to keep them from chewing so much)

a bumper is a bumper pretty much! Got some 3" lucky dogs and hex's for marking drills I do have dokkens too that i use a lot as well and they hold up well! Had last batch for like 15 years before i bought some new ones this last year

[RetrieverNation]

Have tried a lot of different ones and not saying some of the others don't work great but I have never had an issue with the lucky dog bumpers.