Recently I purchased a chocolate lab to become my hunting partner. I have no experience training dogs and would like to know if any of you could steer me in the right direction. What do I need? Are there any books that you find helpful? Or anything else that I may need to know would be greatly appreciated! He is only a couple of months old, but I thought the sooner he gets trained, the better. Please help me out.

As long as you are wanting to end up with a good hunting partner (and not a Hunt Test or Trial dog), the book "10 Minute Retriever", by John & Amy Dahl is hard to beat. I think you can get it right from their website at www.oakhillkennel.com