Hallmark Dummy Launcher – A Must Have Retriever Training Tool

Hallmark Dummy Launcher with Duck

The Hallmark Dummy Launcher is a must have tool in your retriever training bag of tricks. It gives you the sound of the shot and the fall of the bird. Pups learn at an early age to focus not only on the flight of the dummy but the sound of the shot. This training tool, incorporated with proper noise or sound conditioning, will give your pup an advantage as he advances along the path to non-slip retriever status.

This is the most durable and dependable launcher on the market. The quality steel construction and a non-slip handle make it easy to use in all weather conditions. It’s never failed me once over 5 years of use and abuse in the field and requires minimal maintenance. Laura Haines, 2nd generation owner of Hallmark Dog Supplies, has requested a picture of my launcher because it may own the record for durability.

Hallmark Green Power Loads

Hallmark .22 Cal
Green Power Loads

Hallmark Yellow Power Loads

Hallmark .22 Cal
Yellow Power Loads

Hallmark Red Power Loads

Hallmark .22 Cal
Red Power Loads

Different launch distances from the Hallmark dummy launcher allow cover, water, or other obstacles to come into play which will build boldness in a pup and confidence in a finished retriever. You get multiple launch distances by using different .22 cal power loads, Green (Up to 25 Yards), Yellow (Up to 50 Yards), or Red (Up to 75 Yards).

Hallmark Launcher Stock

Hallmark Launcher Stock


Team Marley Sporting Dog Supplies dogs, Ryder, Bella, and Hondo, have each grown up chasing Hallmark launcher dummies which come in different sizes and shapes. From realistic looking ducks by Hallmark and Dokken Dead Fowl Trainers to the standard canvas and PVC, plastic, rubber launcher dummies. Marley Sporting Dog Supplies offers every conceivable shape and size of launcher dummy to fit any retriever training need.  Add a launcher stock for reduced recoil making it easier to complete your multiple dog retriever training sessions.

Hallmark Launcher Duck

Hallmark Duck Launcher Dummy

Dokken Bluewing Teal Dummy Launcher

Dokken Dead Fowl Blue Wing Teal
Launcher Dummy

Hallmark White Canvas Launcher Dummy

Hallmark White Canvas
Launcher Dummy

Hallmark White Launcher Dummy with Streamers

Hallmark White Canvas
Launcher Dummy with Streamers

Hallmark PVC Launcher Dummy

Hallmark PVC Launcher Dummy


Marley Sporting Dog Supplies
carries premium sporting dog supply brands which include; Hallmark Dog Supplies, Avery Sporting Dog Products, Mendota Dog Products, SportDog Brand Training Collars, Mud River Products, and Dokken Dead Fowl Trainers.  Our retriever training products include dummy launchers, starter pistols, dog travel and kennel accessories, electronic collars, training dummies, and containment systems.  Our customer service is second to none and we proudly use the Ratepoint Business Reputation service so that you as a customer receives an unbiased opinion from not only our loyal customers, but our one-time customers as well. Good luck in the fields and happy training with the Hallmark Dummy Launcher.

Stan Cromlish

Owner & Trainer of Ryder – 2007 NUCS National Champion and 2008 Bird Dog Challenge Runner Up Doubles World Champion
Owner & Trainer of Bella – 2007 Quail Unlimited Flushing Dog of the Year
Owner & Trainer of Hondo – Marley Dog of the Future

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A lot of us know what it is like to not have a job for a period of time.  We get lazy, cranky, and don’t understand why people get upset with us when we don’t do what people think we ought to do.  The same is true for dogs.  Dogs need a job to be completely happy and fulfilled.  A life living day-to-day in just a kennel without much interaction with people and other dogs can make for some tough training.  This is the story of Goose, who now has a job and has made a complete turnaround after being “on-the-shelf” for two years.

Goose Learning about the Force Training BuckFor the past three months, I have been training a two-year old Labrador Retriever named Goose.  Goose has been kenneled for most of his life, and his owner has not had much time to spend with him.  Thus,  Goose had no manners and thought the world revolved around him.  When I first met Goose and started training him, we would have a session where everything went great, and then another session where he was constantly trying to dominate me by peeing on my leg.  Since he had been left alone for so long, he thought he was the alpha dog and that everything was subordinate to him.  He tried the leg pee once too often and wound up on his back with me breathing down his neck.  I only had to do this one more time and he was cured of trying to pee anywhere except where I gave him explicit permission.  This trait and the fact that this dog did not seem happy made the initial obedience training difficult, and I thought this dog might be a lost cause. I couldn’t get any reaction that he was happy about working.
Well, Goose and I started working on his basic obedience skills and as he progressed in his learning of those skills we started throwing fun bumpers.  At first, he could care less about the bumpers flying through the air for him.  I thought at that time that he did not have any desire to retrieve. As we went through force fetch his attitude started changing.  He started firing out at bumpers thrown and he looked a lot happier doing his job. This was a major breakthrough from a dog that I thought didn’t have the desire to hunt and chase.
When I first started training him, a great obedience trainer reminded me that he was physically two years old but mentally I needed to treat him like a six month old.  I slowed down and added patience to my repertoire because you couldn’t scold this dog since he had no mental images of what was expected from him.  I slowly created mental images of proper obedience and then progressed to force fetch.  Finally, we made it all the way to field work and basic marks in all types of cover.  We haven’t progressed to lining drills yet because it took a while to build his confidence and momentum.  Building momentum helps the dog overcome obstacles in his training regimen.
At two years old, this dog has a great opportunity to become one great dog. It still will take him longer to understand what his owner expects from him. But, Goose from start until now has become a completely different dog in that he is happier with his job and the play associated.  The lesson from this dog is that it is never too late to recover from a lack of training as long as you are patient.
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There are times in your training sessions and in groups of training sessions that you must re-trace your steps with a specific dog for a specific training goal. Also, you must be willing to try new tactics in order to get past a sticky training situation.

This past month I have been working with some novice field trainers and have actually learned quite a bit from them because they are two great obedience trainers just moving their dogs to field work. They have taught me that in order to sometimes cross a training barrier, one must step back and look at the problem from the dog’s perspective. GuessBella with her 1st Place Plaque WHAT? That worked great in trying to get Bella back into the game of lining and blind retrieves; after all she is the only Quail Unlimited Flushing Dog of the Year and a great all-around hunting dog, but she would not leave the line with a hand in front of her face (due to over-zealous collar correction on my part).  So looking at the problem from her perspective, I took the hand away and took a hard step forward and said “fetch”, she left the line at a gallop for the dummy.

Currently we are doing lining drills out to 75 yards without the use of a hand in her face to line her up. She is doing exactly what is asked of her, and I have not had to use any amount of collar correction. Collar correction on Bella will cause her to shut down because I was an over-zealous trainer when she was younger.

It took a month to figure out what it would take to get Bella over this training hump for running blind retrieves, but she is looking like a million bucks right now. Remember that if the tried and true method is not working with your dog, try another approach that is not exactly traditional and your dog will probably surprise you with learning the drill you had such difficulty teaching.

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