Hey Rob, my name is Dave Jones... Jonesy, I own and operate Jonesy's Gun Dogs in Berea, Kentucky, I train all breed bird dogs and retrivievers, if you have any questions feel free to call, ok? What I would work on right now, if she was here, on the retrieve, I would get a 2 inch thick rubber bumper, get her to be picking it up. Bring her in the house, get at the start of your hallway, shut all the doors.You want one way there and one way back.Get her next to you, toss bumper, let the dog get, as soon as shepicks bumper up, let her feel like she has just done the most incrediblest thing in the world. Lot of woo hoo's or something. Tell her here, when she comes to you LET HER HOLD IT, you want to focus more on the greatness of her retrieving, what this will work her into is retrieving the bumpers, it is gonna be a major part of her life during training. If she spits out on the way back in, I will explain that also, Just let me know. When you go out side and do that start of retrieving drills, I am going to assume that your doing a bunch, just do 2 or 3 and be done! NO MORE FOR A WHILE, put her up wanting to please you, OK? She''l be more excited about working next time. You want her to know the retrieve is the best thing that she can do for you, she is gonna learn off of your body english, and the tone and excitement in your voice. Understand?? If not e-mail or phone, andI will go into more detail, alright? Thansk Jonesy