This Dokken is great for a larger breed or a dog who naturally retrieves. It is not a good size to start your puppy with since the size may not fit in the mouth.

Haven't used it enough to form a solid opinion. Dogs do seem to want to pick it up by the plastic head or feet.

Works great.

What's to say. Dokken has the best trainers, and Gun Dog Supply has them at a great price. Thanks!

Forces her to hold it correctly. She loves it!!

Love the weight. Gus is 13 months old. One session with this, and I feel I will get my birds to me undamaged.

If you have never used a Dokken dummy, do yourself a favor and buy several!

This is the second Dead Fowl Dummy I've bought. The first being the dove when my Brittany was just a pup. He had a hard time with retrieving pheasants because of their size. After working with this for a while, he knows just what to do with the real ones. I can't go outside without him wanting me to throw this thing either!

Abby, my lab, loves her pheasent dummy!

Works great! GSP pup is having fun dragging it back to me. He is 12 weeks old. Very durable.

Lasts for years, thousands of throws and retrieves.

My pup absolutely loves it and has since it first arrived. The only issue is it's a little large for my pup, so he bites the head to pack it. I should have purchased the quail trainer to start him out with, then purchased the pheasant as he got older. I used again yesterday and was going after the body, but it is still a little large for him. I would recommend this, as he still goes crazy when I bring it out.

A little on the large side for a pup, but the quality is spot on like the rest of the dead fowl trainers I've owned.

So far, seems like a good training tool. Dog seems to really enjoy retrieving it and it throws easy.

Good, that's why I purchase them.

Both the dog and the owner love this.

This product is great for teaching proper retrieving of an upland game bird.

Being used with injected scent to prepare my dog for NAVHDA testing (following track and finding & pointing game).

My dog loves it. It's a very good training device.

My dog loves these. The hard plastic head really has helped stop her from thrashing the bird. I'm definitely a fan of these.

In all fairness I am rating this Dummy as average because my dog has no interest in it. I have injected pheasant scent into it and she will run over to it sniff it and leave it laying there. Now on live birds she is rock steady on point and will retrieve them once shot. I guess I am rating it more on how my dog likes it rather then me so much.

Cody carries the dummy each time we go out for our evening walks. Gypsie will retrieve the bird to the point Cody takes it from her so he can carry it the rest of the way. Great tool for my dogs and a great price that beat the local shops in my home town.

Worked great to finish up the pup before her first wild bird season. She's carrying the wild pheasants perfect! Mike, Colorado

Put a little pheasant stink on it, and it's a great training tool.

My pheasant trainer is three years old. It is used really hard about 3 months a year, both on land and in the water. I'm hoping for a new one for Christmas. It really helped in training Rosey to grab the body and hold it till I ask for it. Great product!!!

Great product. Very durable.

I like the size and durability of the product. My Female Lab was rough on the training aid. She would get it in her mouth and shake it vigorously like a real pheasant that is not quite dead. The training aid has stood up to the abuse of both my dogs. Because the pheasant floats, I used the same training aid to train my dogs for ducks! The best feature is the string that can be used for throwing the bird long distances. What I don't like about the product is so durable that it has outlasted my dogs hunting years, and is now taking up space in my hunting closet waiting for another hunting dog to train with.

Great training tool, however, if left unattended, my dog was able to chew it up pretty well.

Great service and really fast shipping.

I only hunt pheasants, so I decided in training to use only the dead fowl pheasants. I ended up with 20, and they have held together very well over the last 3 years. My dog loves them. Make sure to buy the throwing ball, as you will get more distance from your throws when working without a helper.

I wanted my dogs, especially my English Cockers to have the feel of handling a dummy the size of a rooster pheasant. It is very good for that. It holds scent very well for hunt dead practice when I don't have real birds. My dogs love it. I removed the tail. I wasn't fond of it. It is too rigid. The wee English Cockers have a tendancy to step on it on the return.

Good, durable training product.

Realistic and resiliant. Also purchased a wood duck. Keep up the good work. Your email ads and follow up are great. Ev

The weight and size is good for training. I would like to have the tail "feather" a little more flexible and add a couple more "feathers". Overall I like the dead fowl trainers and use them regularly.

One of the best all-around hunting buys I have ever made in my 35 years of bird hunting. My shorthair could play "Retrieve the dead pheasant" all day long if I had the energy. Using the dummy has helped with developing patience, discipline, attentiveness, and bonding. You have never seen a dog get so excited and happy until you walk outside with the dummy in your hand. It is hilarious. Get one, you won't be disappointed.

It is a great product, but I liked the working with the bumper with wings already attached though.

Sturdy, easy on the mouth, scentable, and throws well!

Good product

Maybe the tail is a bit wide at the top, but apart from that, very good tool for youngsters

Steve The Dokken Pheasant is a perfect tool to train the dogs how to pick them up and hold them softly. Only criticism is that the throwing knob should be included in all Dokkens sold. Thanks again for being a sponsor for the 2011 Canadian National Toller Specialty.

Cons: can't think of any Pros: - holds scent well - attached rope is great for long throws - good weight to it - very durable - teaches dog how to carry the bird I've used this all summer and have been extremely happy with it. To explain my last point, my pup always insisted picking up her regular canvas dummies (with or without wings attached) by the absolute smallest point of it. Seemed to make it more challenging for her or something. This dummy though, she figured out very quickly that the only manageable way to carry this dummy is over the body from the side, just how she's suppose to. In addition to this I also have the ruffed grouse (we hunt them in Northern, MN) and quail (it was her starter when she was too small to carry the others). All of them have held up great.

Size & weight are close to actual. I like the movement, it gives the pup a close experience to a down pheasant, since wings and legs flop around. The pup was hesitant at first to pick this dummy pheasant up but grew acustom to it

Trainer has a natural weight and balance. Specialized head and tail force the dog to retrieve by the body. Body allows for the injection of training scent. Also, Steve's price is very competitive with excellent customer service.

It works really well with the scent that you can purchase. I got the pheasant scent and has helped in retrieving, locating when hidden, and also on where and how to grab the birds. I would recommend this to anyone with a old or new dog. It is durable, and I have two pups that work with it.

These are the best dummies I have ever used. They are very realistic and gets my dogs more excited than regular dummies. These dummies are very durable and float really well.