KONG Wild Shieldz – Dog Toy (Training Dummy, Orange/White)

KONG Wild Shieldz Training Dummy – Orange/White

Wild Shieldz is KONG's water-retrieve range: triple-coated and sealed shells meant to be thrown a long way and to keep coming back out of the water session after session. This is the dummy profile in orange and white rather than one of the fish shapes.

KONG no longer list the Training Dummy among the Wild Shieldz on kongcompany.com, so no dimensions, weight or material split are published for it. The Wild Shieldz Trout they do still list, item RSW21 in Medium for dogs of 15–35lb, is declared as 87% polyester and 13% TPR (thermoplastic rubber) — that is the construction the range uses, but it is not a figure for this dummy.

Performance & Benefits

• Triple-coated and sealed shell, which is KONG's construction for repeated water work.
• Floats, so a long throw into open water is still a retrievable one.
• Hefty enough to throw a real distance, which is most of the point of a dummy.
• Dummy profile shaped to be picked up square in the mouth rather than snatched at an edge.
• Bright orange and white, which shows up against water, reeds and rough grass.

Suitable For

• Dock diving, wildfowling and water retrieve training.
• Dogs being taught a long send and a clean pick-up.
• Owners who want a dummy that survives more than one season in salt or pond water.
• Land work as well as water, since it takes a hard throw over rough ground.
• Not a toy to leave with a dog — KONG's Wild Shieldz guidance is light to moderate chewing and supervised use only, so a KONG Extreme in Large, black, is the unsupervised chew toy.

How to Use

• Throw and send, then retrieve from water or over land.
• Take the dummy back after each retrieve rather than letting the dog settle down with it.
• Rinse in fresh water after sea or muddy water and let it dry fully.
• Store it out of the dog's reach between training sessions.

Specification

• KONG Wild Shieldz Training Dummy, Orange/White. Barcode 035585523255.
• Triple-coated, sealed, floating construction.
• KONG no longer list this item and publish no length, weight, dog weight band or material percentages for it, so none are stated here.
• The Wild Shieldz Trout KONG do list (item RSW21, Medium, dogs 15–35lb) is declared as 87% polyester and 13% TPR.
• The 8-inch braided rope quoted on this page before is not a KONG figure and has been removed.

Care & Caution

• KONG's Wild Shieldz guidance: designed for light to moderate chewing, supervised use only, discontinue use if damaged.
• Not a chew toy. Take it back at the end of each retrieve.
• Remove all packaging and packaging attachments before use.
• Watch for a dog taking on water across repeated retrieves, and give proper breaks between sends.