Legacy, sounds like you already are. The basic commands like sit, stay come are all part of the training. Starting to train a pup early (I started my last one at 7 weeks) makes him/her want to learn all through its life as long as you take it slow and easy. John Wooters "Water Dog" is a great training book. Once your pup starts learning voice commands, introduce the whistle and hand commands too that way you can save your voice when he's way out there. The sit command with one whistle blast not only is good for a dog to know it can stop him from doing something wrong. I've been training labs for over 25 years now and I love it. My last pup was water retrieving at 12 weeks and at 6 months was catching more pheasants than I shot.