ok i got a huge question, my dog is about 1 year and 4 months old, he's getting to be a smart dog... my only concern is, i dont know if he'll ever retrieve... the only roosters we've gotten was when we've hunted just with us, not the dog. But, we do have a dummy pheasant deal, we make scent trails with that and hide it, he always finds it quick, whenever we make scent trails for him, we always throw it for him. Im just wondering, he loves playing fetch with a tennis ball, he loves when we put pheasant wings on the dummy, he will retrieve it with enthuisasm. He always gets it even if he is like almost dead. Do you think he'll retrieve when we shoot a bird with him? i know he has a great nose, first hunt we went on, he got a hen up, it was a windy day, and he prolly thought it was the pheasant dummy, but anwayz.. do you think he'll retrieve real pheasants when we shoot them? or what should we do to make him love pheasants? ty for your help in advance!