Quirks were poor water confidence. Obviously not properly introduced. Habit of laying down versus a sit on a whistle when under pressure. By pressure I mean difficult blind drills. Not an ecollar dog. was scared of buckets. I am with you on introducing them to everything you can before the fear period. Never happened with this dog.
I have followed a program with the new pup. At one point we volunteered for a student day at a local university. He met 64 different college kids in 3 hours. This dog has had a proper water intro and has great confidence in water with decoys, retrieves, just swimming for fun.
