i started toby with a 22 cal.i would hide a pheasant wing in yard in brush.my brother would stay away from us and when toby found bird wing, bob would shoot.
after that i used 12 ga at about 3 months old on a LIVE pheasant.
toby was 6 months old when stupid sproul forgot he was laying in breezyway in dark. i threw a whole pack of fircrackers and toby GRABBED THE PACK AND left them explode in his mouth.
he grabbed the lit firecrackers and retrieved them to me while exploding in his mouth.
that IS A TRUE STORY