Paws@Brooklyn

Paws@Brooklyn: gundog training kit from Whiteparish, near Salisbury

Paws@Brooklyn is a UK family-run business supplying equipment for training and working gundogs. It operates from Richmond Farm on Brickworth Road in Whiteparish, near Salisbury, and presents itself as a community of dog enthusiasts built around the relationship between handlers and their dogs. Its catalogue is aimed at people preparing dogs for days in the field, whether training, conditioning or competing.

The shop describes its own Paws@Brooklyn line as gear designed by working handlers and tested in the field. Alongside that house range, it stocks a list of third-party brands: Acme, Foxy Pheasant, Firedog, Jack Pyke, Ruff & Tumble, CountryMoos, Shuttle Socks, Sporting Saint and Pinewood.

The Paws@Brooklyn range

The own-brand collection is organised into several families of products:

• Training dummies, including canvas dummies and fur dummies, rabbit balls and scent products.
• The Game Bird Range, with game-bird-inspired dummies such as Pheasant, Partridge and Reeves designs, plus The Pheasant Field Dummy Range and Melanistic Game Bird Training Dummies.
• Training vests and jackets, including the Field Handler Training Vest.
• Handler's leads, sold as a dedicated collection.
• Dog coats and drying coats.
• Dummy launchers and accessories.
• Field essentials, gundog clothing and accessories, and a separate puppy range.
• A Young Handlers section aimed at younger participants.

Training bundles group several items together, and the site also offers a Christmas gift guide with practical kit, clothing and smaller extras for gundog owners.

The Field Handler Training Vest

The featured product is the Paws@Brooklyn Field Handler Training Vest, priced at £89.00 and offered in sizes XS to 3XL in Moss Green. According to the product description, it has a water-resistant, breathable shell with a detachable hood, fleece-lined handwarmer pockets, magnetic front pockets and an expandable rear pocket for training kit. The listing carried two reviews at the time of writing.

Leads, whistles and other field accessories

Beyond the house range, the catalogue includes handler-oriented items such as 150cm slip leads, 6mm swivel leads, 8mm slip leads and the Acme Silent Dog Whistle 535. The quick-shop menu groups whistles and lanyards, dog leads, training dummies, training vests, and cartridge and game bags.

Buying, delivery and trade

Orders within the UK ship free above £45, and the business states that it can ship abroad, asking customers to contact it for a quote. Prices are shown in GBP for the United Kingdom and in EUR for Ireland and a long list of European countries, with additional currencies for Australia, New Zealand and Sweden. The site also provides for returns and refunds, a trade account application and a blog, Paws in the Fields, which publishes interviews with handlers and spaniel owners and reports on sponsorship of teams at the Just For Friends International Spaniel Team Challenge.

Workshops, events and visiting the shop

The business lists training workshops and events among its activities and invites customers to visit the shop at its Whiteparish base. Collection is available at the Brickworth Road address, usually ready within 24 hours.