Sorry, didn't finish my sentence. Some dogs just don't have it. No interest in birds. In that case, you still have a family pet.

Anyway, I did read the articleMNfowlplay suggested to you and it's right on the mark but with real problem dogs, Jonsey has good advice. I'll repost it here if Jonsey don't mind.

"...a better way to do is to get a few pigeons, pull some of the wing feathers out when the dog bumps, bird flies, but not well, as soon as the dog gets mouth on thebird to catch it,fire. The dog does not have time to think bout it, you can always shorten the firing distance after it gets comfortable with it. This is just socialization of the gun and the dog won't think the bird is doin it. I have had to fix alot of dogs from that sort of problem. Jonesy "