Originally Posted by
windycanyon
Sorry if I missed it, but are you just standing there, expecting him to bring to you? With pups, I am always encouraging them to bring it back to hand by turning and doing a little run away from puppy. Puppies love that chase game, so once up along side of pup, you reach out and get the bumper/ bird. I do a lot of short little fun bumpers (or birds) to create the desire to bring to hand ... ie, if I take to mom/dad, he/ she will throw it again!
Once that is ingrained, I transition to what Anna posted using another bumper/bird etc to encourage the pup all the way.