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hawkman71 said:
Sadie, my Llewellin (English) Setter. 22 months.

Here she is at the vet, with her eyes set on the birds outside the window. LOL.

Got her at a time where I haven't been able to train her properly. She's scare of loud noises - since I got her as a pup and I don't know how to introduce her to guns b/c of this. (She hears them around and is bothered by it. She has a motor that will. not. quit. She chases everything but POINTS hard on quail and holds. She chased a flush quail recently, and then came back with it in her mouth. She trotted up to me, dropped it at my feet, and sat down, tongue lolling, like she'd done it all her life.

She's never been trained to do that. Why would she do that if she's never brought me a creature she's caught before? Bird, mouse, whatever. She only brought me that quail.

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The ideal situation would be to get you and her with a trainer who is familiar with the breed. The lesser alternative is for you to slowly acclimate her to far off loud noises while she is busy doing something she loves doing and SLOWLY bringing the noise closer.