Dog training isnt what ya do, it when, and howyou do.....meaning in this situation, your pup sounds to get very excited about birds, so if you cram the birds to it, is it gonna point and start getting right, or is it going into brain overload, and root them all up. Ya, see when a dog starts loosing control, and goes into overload......it all falls apart. First bird- dog points let say 1 min. then next bird points 30 secs, next is 10 seconds, next is screw you dad, I am rolling. Even though we pick and choose the battles with the training and its program, when the dog is getting bird work, you watch and figure out what and why. So dog lets say is retrieving great on birds its catching as a pup, but yet wont point as well as it should......the point is more the factor at this time to focus on, because its not keeping its head........you use one bird once in a while like I said before, the dog will start to savor that moment.....and it will start getting right.
I have dogs that come hear overloaded with desire....but fall apart on each bird.....so I break it on one bird at proper age, when the dog shows me that its understanding what I have shown, and it gets steady with no or very little correction, then shortly after that, I will start adding a bird, I have control of the dogs head, its already proved it to me, now we teach it to keep control. Make sense. This is where a hot puppy can go, or a league that it can fall into. Just lil bit of patience, it will or should all work out fine. Jonesy