DogBone Shed Dog Training Antler Retrieving System

I bought this product to train my border collie shed hunting! The training has gone well so far and she loves it!

I had read many post about teaching a dog to find sheds. After all the research i done i stumbled on to this. the horns are a durable rubber material. So even if your not technically training you actually are. Use this to play fetch with the pup all the time. Then when you want to get a little more technical they send a wax to put on the shed that imamates the shed of a deer. Then you can start hiding it and letting them find it as well.

This product has been great for starting to train our basset puppy. Unfortunately, the rubber is very soft and even just in fetching or finding, it gets torn up very fast. Absolutely can't let a dog chew on it.

This product is high quality. The antler is firm yet flexible. It's a great way to train for shed hunting! The antler, scent, and booklet are all great and helped me tremendously with shed hunting.

Started with a ball thrower and pocket full of tennis balls, worked great to get the pup familiar with the scent--she already loves tennis balls. The balls absorb the scent and hold it for a long time.The antler is great, people saying it's too soft or torn apart easily are probably treating it as a toy or allowing their dogs to chew on it. My pup will sniff it out, grab it and bring it to me. I let her drop it and pick it back up and even walk around with it as a reward, but I won't let her chew on it.The scent is great for tennis balls, but you need a wax scent for any antler as the liquid will rolls right off.Hopefully I can update this review with shed pics.The scent is great for tennis balls, but a wax would be far better for the antler or real antler.

I love how soft it is for introducing my pup to the shape and size of antlers with almost no risk of hurting herself. I was letting her get comfortable with it before getting into training, but within a few seconds of chewing, she was ready to swallow one of the points. Don't leave it out, and make sure you're paying attention if you have a chewer.

Good training aid for my bloodhound. Great for tracking experience.

My dog loved playing fetch with this at 12 weeks old. Being soft rubber he didn't hurt him self like on the real shed antlers I want him to find

Bought this to see if we could get our 6 month old German Shepherd into shed hunting...she enjoyed starting with this and we played fetch and then hide and seek with it..she is now onto real sheds..although has not yet found one on her own...but her brother the bichon did..😂😂 great way to introduce the shape and smell