With my last two pups I have decided to dedicate some more time to encouraging the natural retrieve. I get such wonderful reports of the pups that I produce retrieving well and I never spend any time on it because it’s never really been important to me as long as the dog at a minimum relocates the bird for me easily. Everyone loves a dog to bring back the bird so I figured I try to join that group of people. This pup is coming along well for a week shy of five months old.