Legacy, this is gonna be a pick and choose battle, meaning that when you do the quail, if they are getting up to fast, dizzy them more, and possibly tuck the head under the wing, this will put them really to sleep, and when you set them down, putem down easy.....if dog gets, so be it....next bird dizzy more just like the last, and get the dog.......if you do it close to the right way you should have about 10 min. to get the dog, now also with the heat, do not put out in sun, with short grass, the get gone, but maybe set to where they got some shade, and they should sit pretty well, your hardware store should have the springs, if they are innotech, should be like a 39 u or something like that, the spring will be noticably different size. Cya Jonesy