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Don’t be a dummy

Kit research

Am I alone in noticing a dramatic increase in the volume of gundog training gear hitting the market? My social media feeds are full of the ‘latest and greatest’ bit of kit that will change my gundog training for the better. Most of it is a rehash of what is already on the market and has just been jazzed up to tempt us. Very rarely does something new and innovative come along.

Thousands of gundogs, including field trial champions, have been trained with nothing more than a few green dummies and a handful of tennis balls. Don’t misunderstand me – there

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