I had a male yellow that was rough on birds for 3-4 weeks and got progressively worse, especially when we trained with live birds. He weighed 70lbs at 7mos and I realized it was not going to be good if I didn't fix it. On the same principal of barb wire on a dummy, I spent $10 bucks on a harness that goes around a live quail/dove/pigeon that has little brass spikes coming out of it. Amazingly, after 2-3 days, I never had a damaged bird again. It saved me a ton of time and heart ache, and made force fetching so much easier. I haven't seen them in awhile, but I'm sure gun dog supply stores still have them.
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