Here are a few suggestions to get started. For pointing dogs, you may want to get Puppy Development DVD 1&2 by Huntsmith. Google huntsmith and you'll get the website. If you're willing to read a book (I know people are gung-ho about wanting to get their dog out but alittle patience will go a long, long way.) get Delmar Smith/Bill Tarrant's book and read it before formal training then go back to it during training. Use it as a reference.

Next, read up on gun introduction along with bird introduction. You don't want a gunshy dog.

If you are thinking of e-collar training, then make sure you condition the dog first.

Also, some people don't like training a pointing dog to sit. It's when running FT, the dog can't misinterpet an instruction and sit while on point or it gets disqualified. When a dog is on point, it is in a daze, totally focused on the bird. If you yell a command, the dog will do what comes first into its mind, like sitting.

Good luck on your new dog.