RE: My 8 month old GSP....
At 8 months, I wouldn't be too concerned. She is just a puppy and has a mentality, maturity and attention span of one. Let her have her first year to play and then work on the bird dog things when she is mature enough to take the training and the consequences of correction. Get her prey drive up and you can mold it into the dog you desire for the next 12 hunting seasons.