Tailcrackin,
You really believe that this dog is just going to "hunt" as soon as you let it out of the truck?? Just because it is a GSP doesnt make it a hunter bud. Putting a wild dog on birds!? Who is to say this dog has ANY OB? Collar Conditioned? That dog could just as likely run off and never be seen again if you pull a gun out of the truck when its "hunting". Thats all it knows how to do at this point is run. It doesnt know "HOW" to hunt yet.

Crazycoon,
If you desperately want to have "this" dog and no other dog as your primary bird dog... Good luck first of all. Second, you are going to have to introduce guns as gradually as possible, dont expect much at first. Coax her to you, sit... Put your hands on her (calms her down), good girl, have someone walk in and put a gun down beside you on the floor... She might try to run off, get her attention on you and off the gun. Keep her focused on what you have for her (food), have her sit (if she knows this command or any...) give a reward, what a good girl.... SO on and so forth. Until you can hold this gun and recall the dog, you are not ready to begin Yard work fundamentally speaking..

You need to analyse her current level of training if any.. OB is the foundation, then in 6 months start working in bird WINGS, work on the point, this dog isnt going to just jump out of the truck and flip a switch and all of the sudden be a bird dog. The dog has to know what its looking for, who to listen to, and what to do when it finds the birds.

This is not something that you can do in a weekend. You have your hands full with this dog. Is it worth that much time and effort to not even be certain that its going to pay off??