Teaching the 'Fetch!' command is basic in gundog training. Without this training your gundog breed will just be a dog who hunts, tracks, listens to the shot and follows you when YOU retrieve the game. It is funny that some have the idea that just because their dog breed is a gundog, fetching is second nature.

Most of the dogs I've known do get the hang of fetching at a young age, there is even a gundog mix breed that takes more to the buc naturally than one gundog true blue. If by chance you want to buy a good pup, buy from breeders who hunt. They would better understand your need. Beware of breeders that don't really care what you do or those who just don't know one end of a great gundog from a gun shy pup.

In my book, unless you breed your own dogs, breeders who outright offer or suggest to force break  means the pup just doesn't show any retrieving skills. Force breaking for me works if done professionally, a botched try would just break the dog the other way.