my golden is now 7 months , he knows all commands very well, he will hold a dummy as long as i want him to, he will retrieve and bring dummy bird back to me when thrown , he is totally ok with the shot gun. should i have him on real birds by now or am i on pace ,im not sure where i should be at this point in the game, he had very little water training because winter came. any advise would be great tks.