well i cant offer much, but i went through the same thing u are last year. first thing is ive gotten so much help from here. ask lots of questions but learn to weed through many different views.
a few things to get started is start working on "here or come" NOW.. use anything a toy or what ever, call its name and clap your hands and say "here" when does act like he/she just scored a touchdown.. really praise him/her.. do this a few times a day and it wont take long.
so again ask lots of questions
good luck and congrats on the new pup..
oh one more thing take tons of pics, they grow up so fast