All Dogs have to start somewhere. Some people believe they should point, back, and retrieve right out of the box and sometimes it happens. Most pointing breed dogs need to have some form of training. I strongly believe that bird dogs need birds. i let all my bird dogs knock and chase (the reason for this is they will do it while they are young or old and i would rather they do it when they are young) some things mom and dad have to put in the dog other things are pure experience.
let the puppy be a puppy first take em out in the field and let em go with you. make sure that they find birds when you are around them. let them point, knock, chase oreven catch and eat the bird. Bird Drive is something you are responsible for putting in your dog. they will start pointing and staying longer and longer when you are able to flush shoot a birdso they get rewarded for holding a point. then it is time to do something different.
Maybe a recall pen would work great for this