Placeboards: How To Make or Where To Buy

Know someone who is good at DIY? Gun dog place boards as made for me by my carpenter friend Nick Samuel.

The sizes circled are for Labrador size place boards (83cm x 60.5cm), the other size is for Spaniel size place boards (60.5cm x 38.5cm).

Both size boards are 8cm high.

Alternatively, here’s companies that sell placeboards or similar:

• The Cato Board: Performance Dog
• Wood/ astro turf place boards: K9 Carpentry
• Training Platform: Sara’s Training Creations
• Wood/ astro turf place boards: Sporting Saint
• Rubber Tile with grass 300mm: Homebase

These are such useful additions to your training kit.

A raised dog bed or similar can work as alternative, the only potential trouble being your dog being confused about what behaviour you’re after on them.