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Iowa take your pup with you all you can..get him used to you..use any wild-bird feathers in a old glove or sock pull it along the ground around things and then leave it..after you already have let him play with it..he'll soon start looking for it..always reward with pieces of dog biscuts when he does things right..if you have a way to make a flight cage.. at least 20 yards long by 5ft. high by 5ft. wide..put some pidgeons in there..hold him at the gate till you comand him to flush then let him go..he'll luv flushing them..ps you'll lose some birds..ha ha..then take him to the field start shooting your gun around him getting him used to the noise.. then shoot some pidgeons.. wounding if you can..get him to go find them..go with him at first..the wounded birds will flutter and that will get him used to mouthing them..start going just part way till you can just stay where you shot from and he'll bring them back to you..remember always carry treats with you to reward him..water retrives are just as important throw his feather toy tied to something that floats he'll go in after it and bring it back..if you have kids they can get him to bring things back while playing with him..after all as a pup he thinks all this training is play if you dont scream and hit him..the more time you put in the better the dog.. good luck....
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