it sounds like your saying "feck waiting 6 month" to start training a dog if your going to start it lamping first,just the way it reads maybe ,yes the bonding is paramount from an early age but this is obviously not the case,as in waiting i mean,recall and retrieve firmly in place first for me, dont need to wait to teach the dog basics until its old enough to be out in the field working this is all done as part of the ongoing process leading up to the appropriate time its ready for introducing it to work,hope that makes sense lol
Yes watchman to be honest most of my lurchers are ret