Big ? number one.... how old is your dog? Both now and when she started giving you the cold shoulder?

I'm no bird dog trainer, I'm a waterdog guy, but the similarites are there.

I've found that the hardest part about training from a trainer standpoint is stooping to a dogs intellect level. Most people try and overcomplicate things. Dogs are very simple animals, but they have the ability to learn quickly. The best advice I ever got on training was this: Obedience drills are critical.. having a dog that knows you run the show will stop a lot of problems before they start. The other thing is that all dog training is crawl, walk, run. Gotta start it easy.

From a dog standpoint, the hardest thing is holding the dogs attention on short training runs. When the dog has been locked up all day, it wants to go out and stretch, goof off, pee on everything in sight. I learned not to expect decent training conditions until after 5 or 10 minutes of sniffing around and stretching. The dog knows when its time to get with it.

Common sense does have a lot to do with it, thats for sure. The other big key is consistancy.