Hey dog guys

[C-Bass2mouth]

I'm helping a buddy with his yellow female (he works 2 weeks on/off and I keep and work her while he's gone). This will be her first season hunting, and in my opinion, is in the making to be a pretty good dog. Up until teal season she had never hunted or been in a blind at all. Now this i my friends first gun dog and he's very anxious to hunt her, and it had been with a trainer for a few months and with me for 2 weeks before season. I was not going to be able to make the hunt and advised him not to take her just yet. Rather leave her in the kennel, and return after the hunt to throw a few marks out of the blind with the dog in her hide. Well he took her anyway and she had a very hard time marking the birds that were shot. She would not look out of the dog hide over the decoys and would rather look at him or just look in the wrong direction. It discouraged him badly. The next day I was able to go and bring my dog so we left his in the kennel and returned after the hunt to throw marks like I suggested. She did fine and eventually started sticking her head out of the hide to look when the shot/shots were fired. We were only able to do this once and plan on doing it again before big season starts. I've been working at my place over decoys, out of her kennel, and have had the thrower out of site. She is doing much better at watching for the bird/bumper inside the kennel (My simulation for the dog hide at our blind). She does watch in the general direction that your gun is pointed, but in our blind the dog won't be able to see the gun direction. My question is there any drill/other practice that I could be doing to help her watch for birds, and mark better out of a realistic blind situation?

Thanks for any input,
C-Bass