Place Board Dog Training Platform
£32.00
Place Board dog training for clearer, more effective training
Looking for a training aid to help improve recall, sit-stay, retrieves, and much more? Level up with an ADW Dog Place Board!
Have you ever wondered how to communicate what you want to your dog?
You know you want to train an exercise, but you just can’t find a way to tell the dog what it is you want them to do in order for them to succeed?
For instance, you ask your dog to sit and stay, but they creep forward when you step away—exactly what you didn’t want. But how on earth can you tell the dog that doesn’t speak your language, what you want?!
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How Place Boards improve training: targets are a shared language
This is where The Place Board comes in! Focus your training with a target which improves understanding and reduces frustration.
Place board training is a form of target training. Target training is used throughout many disciplines where complex interactions between animals and humans are required.
Using a place board as a target training mat in your practice cuts out the confusion by allowing us to break down behaviours such as ‘sit’ and ‘stay’ in dog obedience as well as more complex exercises found in gundog and agility work, into smaller steps making it easier to communicate what we want to our dogs.
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Why Choose Our Place Board?
Sustainable Materials
Constructed using recycled grass and renewable wood, promoting an eco-conscious lifestyle.
Durable & Weather-Resistant
The platform is designed to last, offering superior durability compared to cheaper alternatives.
Trusted by Trainers
Used by professional dog trainers in real classes to develop obedience, targeting, and drive.
Versatile Use
Ideal for training gundogs, sports dogs, and obedience routines, and doubles as a photo prop for groomers or home training tool.
Customization Available
We offer personalization options for your place board without any delay to our fast processing times. Make your board truly unique with custom touches while still receiving your order quickly.
Quick Shipping
All boards are ready to ship, processed quickly, and sent via Royal Mail 48 for prompt delivery.
Eco-Conscious Dog Training Platform Designed by Professionals
Crafted from renewable wood and recycled grass, our Place Board Dog Training Platform is the eco-conscious choice for dog trainers and enthusiasts who value quality. Designed and used by a professional dog trainer, this sturdy and durable platform helps your dog develop confidence in staying on target—perfect for gundog training, obedience, and sports dogs. Built to last through outdoor conditions, it’s treated to withstand wet environments, making it ideal for both indoor and outdoor training sessions.
How Placeboards for dog training work
- Because the platforms are raised and have a textured top, they feel a very different place for the dog to be than the surrounding area during training. In your foundation training you can teach your dog this is a positive place that they want to hang out on; you can then use the board as a tool in your training as a way to clearly communicate to the dog the behaviour you want them to do.
- The boards can teach the dog where they need to be in relation to the handler. For example: To teach a dog that recall means come right back to the handler and avoid a dog that returns but dances just out of reach, you can put a place board by your feet paired with calling your dog back to you. Now they are running back to a target right in front of you.
- The texture of the mat on top provides a tactile contrast to the surrounding surface so there will be a perceptible difference to the dog having all four paws in the right place versus offering the wrong position. For example: when practising sit & stay we can teach the dog that when they place all four paws on the boards is when they earn a reward, whereas if they step off or creep forward, they will not earn a treat so the dog will be less likely to offer incorrect behaviour in the future.
Achieve rock-solid steadiness, reliable recalls, and precise retrieves with Place Board Training
Adding a dog training platform to your tool kit you’ll see a dog that is excited, motivated, and eager to learn increasingly complex drills. Truly a game-changer; making it easy to own a well-trained working dog.
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Quality Design, Trusted by Professionals
The design and build team includes a professional dog trainer who is a member with distinction of the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers (IMDT). With extensive first-hand experience of using place boards for dog training in classes and training their own dogs the specifications of Anglian Dog Works’ place boards are well thought out and you can be assured of a quality product. Our boards are crafted with the highest standards to ensure durability and effectiveness. Trusted by trainers in the UK and abroad, our dog place boards are built to last and deliver outstanding results.
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