KB Marker Duck Dummy - Floating Lifelike Gundog Duck Training Dummy | Swinging Head

The moment a young dog picks up something that actually feels like a bird - something that moves, something that isn't just a cylinder - everything changes.

That's what this dummy does.

The KB Marker Duck is a lifelike duck training dummy with a head that swings freely. When the dog picks it up and runs, the head flops. Not violently - just enough to move like real game does. Enough to feel different to everything else in the bag. Enough to start bridging the gap between a canvas dummy and the real thing.

That transition matters more than most people think. A dog that's only ever carried a standard dummy has to make a big mental leap the first time it picks up cold game. Shape, weight distribution, the way it moves - it's all unfamiliar. The more you can close that gap in training, the cleaner that moment in the field becomes. This is one of the tools that does that.

It floats. So if you're working on water confidence - getting a young dog to enter water willingly, mark confidently, and come back clean - this gives them something they can actually see on the surface. Lifelike enough to be engaging. Light enough not to be intimidating. Small enough to suit all dogs, puppies included.

Use it as a marker on land too. Throw it into cover and the shape stands out differently to a standard dummy - which keeps marking sessions fresh and the dog thinking.

At £12.50 it sits well below the premium lifelike dummies on the market, and for most training purposes it does exactly the same job.

The details:

• Head: Freely swinging - moves naturally on the retrieve
• Buoyancy: Floats - suitable for water work
• Size: Small - suited to all dogs including puppies and young dogs
• Weight: 200g
• Throwing toggle: Included
• Ideal for: Young dog water confidence, marking work, transitioning from canvas dummies to cold game, land and water retrieves

Stocked at Kirkbourne. A flopping head sounds like a gimmick until you watch a young dog pick one up for the first time. It isn't a gimmick. It's the closest thing to game that most dogs will carry before the real thing arrives.