how old is he , so what do you do just let the birds run around or??? any info would help , i have a yellow lab that i am in the process of training , he is gonna be 4 months at the end of this week , what did you start off with wings or??
He will be 6 months old on march 1st.
I started with wings that i purchased from sportsmens warehouse. I would hide them around the house and him seek them out. They placed in the wide open until at first and made it a little harder by hiding them. Before i hide the wing i will drag it on the floor for a scent trail. Then i would move outside. First i would throw it in the yard with him sitting by my side and sending him out, and move up to hiding with a scent trail, to now i just hide them and let him find the down wind scent.
When it came to live birds, it was all animal instinct. A bird was rubbed in his face and that was all it took. He at first chased the bird for a few minutes until he figured out that he needed to pick it up and return it to me. After that he goes after the birds and bring them back, but i still need to work on his "attention span", he is easily distracted by other things around him, and i know this is from "adolescence".