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Old 02-12-2015, 10:08 AM
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Oldtimr
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Don't be disappointed if he doesn't retrieve for a while. Setters are not known as natural retrievers. My last setter took two years before he consistantly retrieved to hand. I do not believe in force fetch training, I can wait for it to develop so long as they find dead birds.
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