congratulations on getting a shorthair
. The whoa command is a very important method to control a pointer. I use the whoa training all year all the time and you cannot work on this enough. I am wondering like the other previous post, how did you get the dog at 11 months? I always flush the birds in front of my dogs on point. I have trouble getting them to release from a solid point to flush on command(like in heavy cover). I figure this is a better problem than the dogs breaking points and flushing birds ahead of me. They should also learn after time that holding equals dead birds. I have a good reference for a training book that I really think is the best if you are interested.