Just looking for some advice moving forward for the summer.
My GWP is 1 years old. She has been doing great with training and our NAVHDA chapter has been a huge help. I have been taking things slow cuz this is my first time training a bird dog.
Anyways my question is as we are getting more serious with training. How many bird interactions would be too much per week. Right now the plan moving forward for the summer is to have her pointing at birds (2-3) in a launcher at least once a week to work on getting her steady to flush. I don't plan on shooting the birds but letting her watch them fly away as I hold her collar. Also starting to train Whoa more seriously. A few weeks this summer I will have time off and was thinking of doing 3-4 days of training with birds. Was told that's too much, which I don't disagree with but wonder if a couple of weeks with lots of birds might still help. She has a very strong prey drive and will yell when watching the birds fly away.
A couple side notes, she has completed her NA test and received a prize 1. She holds a point very well 9/10 and lets me walk up to her, usually. She has caught a few birds recently, killing one of them. Basically looking for tips on how to move forward.
Thanks