lab will hunt anything you train them to hunt.they like to RETRIEVE .they like WATER.learn dog to come,to sit, to drop something when you say DROP IT.SHOOT A 22 CAL AROUND HIM while training on what you want to hunt.if its birds, flush a bird, shoot 22 cal,i use blanks.when toby would run to where he thought the bird flushed, i carry a dummy grouse in y backpack, i would put grouse scent on it and when he was not looking, i threw it in the brush.after a FEW TIMES, HE LEARNED.