How is your dogs obedience? I like to have them solid on obedience before I ever show them a bird. My reason is this. If they have some obedience issues and or problems and you give them birds which are the ultimate reward you are enforcing the OK to not be obedient. The dog will do fine on birds if it is a well bred dog. You will save your self a lot of trouble by trying this first. Hope this is making sense.
Dave
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