DF B-Line Bumper Water Dummy - Gundog Water & Precision Training | 250g

Water training has one problem that most handlers underestimate. It's not whether the dog will swim. It's whether the dog can see what it's swimming to.

Drop a standard white or orange dummy into open water and watch what happens. The dog marks it from the bank, hits the water, and then - nothing. It's bobbing somewhere in the ripple. The mark's gone. The dog hunts blind. Confidence takes a knock, and you spend the next three sessions rebuilding what one retrieve undid.

The B-Line Bumper is built around that problem.

Five colour combinations, all sitting in the range dogs see best - blues, greens and whites. Not chosen to look good in the shop. Chosen because a dog's colour vision sits in the blue and yellow spectrum, which means these colours hold their visibility in water where others disappear. The dog marks it. The dog finds it. The retrieve works. Do that enough times and you've got a dog that enters water with confidence because water has always paid off.

That's the foundation. Young dogs especially - build their water confidence on something they can genuinely see, and you're not fighting their instincts, you're working with them.

It's not only for water, either. The textured grip surface and airflow channels make this one of the cleaner dummies to carry - the dog gets a non-slip hold that naturally encourages a softer, more controlled grip. Use it on land for precision work and you're reinforcing the same habits you want in the field.

At 250g and 30cm it throws well, sits light in the hand, and comes with a long throw cord. Durable enough to take proper daily use. Light enough to carry a handful to the water's edge without thinking about it.

The details:

• Weight: 250g
• Length: 30cm | Diameter: 5cm
• Colours: 5 combinations - blues, greens and whites (optimised for dog colour vision)
• Grip: Textured, lettered grip areas with airflow channels - encourages softer carry
• Throw cord: Long throw cord included
• Use: Water and land
• Ideal for: Young dog water confidence, marking in water, precision training, daily retrieve work

Stocked at Kirkbourne because the colours aren't an afterthought - they're the reason this dummy works better in water than most of what's out there. If you're starting a dog on water or you're losing marks mid-retrieve, this is the fix.