If it makes you feel any better. I just got a friends 6 yr old GSP out in the field this year, it took him a while. But he ended up finding, and locking in on birds. It isn't exactly a "point" but he did an awesome job the last time I was able to get him out. He found a pheasant that had ran and hid under a clump of grass about 50 yards from where he went down.
Here is a pic of me, him and the bird. I would have never found the bird without him. All I saw when I got up there was about 2-3" of his Tail feather.
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Like somebody said above, if you can take her out with a dog or two that is experienced, it may make a huge difference. That is when this guy caught on. The weekend after we went out with some Labs and got him on some birds, he got pretty birdy.