okay, I have a brittany puppy that I am looking to eventually get into field and trailing with. I have heard so many different views and ways to go about training a bird dog (this is my first, obviously) I just want to make it as smooth for me and him. My boyfriend likes to go out during dove and quail season, and I'm not real fond of dove, I can handle quail. Thats what I would prefer he train on. I started introducing him to frozen quail at about 4 - 5 weeks old. He will be 15 weeks old on the 1st of October. He has been out a few times under foot, with both of us and His true colors are just starting to come out. He does really good at sniffing around and almost everytime I have placed a bird in the yard or walked over with him by me out in the field he usually finds it. I have only seen two solid points on him when he see's a bird. He had his first retrieve on 9/9/11. My current problem and these are where my questions come in a i guess is.
1# how do I get him to drop the bird and actually bring in back rather then just going to it, picking it up or trying to eat it?
2# working with him currently and at first will it matter or make a difference if I use different type's of birds or should I be doing what Im doing and sticking to one?
3# Is there anything I can personally do to reward or help motivate him into giving solid points when he see's or comes across a bird?
this is something that I really want to get into doing, not only for him but eventually all three of our brittany's any advice would be awesome!
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Remington @ 6 wks old.
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