Birdy isn't an issue. She is very very birdy. She just isnt' finding them with her nose. Let me explain what she does right now. I have her heeling, I can get her to whoa (still needs some work), she comes, she will hold on whoa until I release her most of the time, she will point birds if she sees them before they fly. She will fetch frozen quail no matter how far I throw them (not sure how she is finding them sometimes with out using her nose). I've gotten her pretty well sound conditioned.