RE: Training Material
You got your work cut out for you, unless you have trained bird dogs in the past. First of all how old will pup be. Most pups should not start formal training until 4-6 months old. these are the basic things you need for training a bird dog.
1. Checkcord
2. Birds (quail, pheasants, chuckar, pigeons)
3. A good size field (1 to 2 acres if not more)
4. Starter pistol (cap gun or a training pistol that fires 22 caliber blanks or 209 shotgun primers)
5. Alot of patience and headache medicine
6. Most importantly a bird dog (which you are getting)
Well those are the basics and there is still a lot more to learn than you can imagine. Hope you have fun and enjoy working pup.