Don't take that as she isn't interested in birds. This dog is bird crazy that is all she cares about in the world. Her favorite thing to do is go out to the horse pasture and chase cow birds all day the only thing wrong is her not using her nose. Pretty much everything else is good to go she will sight point birds and hold point until I release her. She will even run through the fields trying to find the birds but only by sight (I've actually watched her run over a quail that was hiding in the grass that then busted after she stepped on it). I can get her to listen to all of her basic commands. As far as the blind folding goes I've tried something similar to that with treats and all she does is falls over and starts freaking out until she gets the blindfold off but I am more then willing to give it a shot again.