imo it would be better making sure his retrieve is sound before,trying to catch rabbits,as theres much more temptation to stay away from you,if it gets its teeth into live quarry,and if you start chasing it about the field your gonna have to keep chasing it about :11: ,good luck,im having trouble with my own 10 month old bitch,she will bring a rabbit back to about 6 feet away and crunches it,eventually bringing it in,after enough coaxing to scare away anything in the next field,but i havnt given up just yet
and yes it would be much better when going out for the first few times to be without o