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Hi There, I have recently been borrowing my father in laws trained gun dog who is an 8 year old Black Lab. They brought him as a pup and sent him off to gun dog school and didnt get him back until he was 2 years old. He is absaloutley fantastic on the pheseant shoots and picks up everything - sometimes he even shows off and retrieves 2 birds at once. Recently i have taken him out on 2 outings with me on the pigeons. He acts really oddly when he is sat behind me in the hide. His tail goes between his legs, he starts shaking and generally looks nervous around the gun. On the last outing, as soon as i did hit a pigeon and sent him off to retrieve it, he did so, but was very wary about bringing it back to me in the hide. Almost nervous again. Realising he wasnt very happy in there i packed up and decided to have a drive round my perm and let him out. He scared out some pigeons from a tree that i hit both of and he picked up from the middle of a cut rape field. Tail wagging, bouncing around - like his normal self! So has anyone ever come across this sort of behaviour with a dog that is fantastic in the field but nervous in the pigeon hide? Any tips to make him feel a bit more confident would be greatley appreciated. Cheers, S