Hi William ,Looks like a couple of good hunts ! Benny looks like he is more than up to the task ! Seems Springers are a natural for retrieving , My Britt Chip will only Retrieve if we are hunting with another Dog ! If we are hunting alone ,he will run to the Bird and stand and wait for me to retrieve it myself ,if we are hunting with another Dog ,then it becomes a foot race to get the dead Bird first and bring it in ! He will also chase and retrieve cripples even while hunting by ourselves . I really don't mind fetching my own Birds ,it could always be worse ,his Mother had a flaw in her character also ,she didn't care much for fetching anything but she would tear after a Woodcock , grab it ,dig a hole ,spit it in and cover it up all in about 30 seconds and then slink off ,I would really have to watch where she put it ,and dig it up and we would move on ????????????? Don't ask ,I have no idea !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!