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.
Nice, it sounds like he's having a great puppyhood with you. Should be really ready to go get professional work. As was mentioned, time with you is likely going to pay back as nicely as the training and conditioning he's getting in the process IMHO.
