RE: golden retriever question
She needs to associate the gun with the catching of birds, get the desire built up and let her bump, chase and catch, you can then overlay the retrieve then, and encourage, after 3-5 birds catching, then watch the dog through the whole process, as soon as mouth opens to get, fire then the timing is perfect because she will not usually take the time, to pull off the bird, and if she does, give her anoher 3-5 and try again, I NEVER ASSOC. GUN ON A CLOUDY DAY, OR WITH A DOG THAT HAS NO DESIRE FOR THE CATCH, it can and or will bite ya in the butt!! The retrieve assoc. would prolly work, but have seen it not work, better to be safe than sorry. Cya Jonesy