Being an owner of an overpriced, overtrained and altogether useless labrador frisbee/stick retriever, I'm no expert on hunting. However, I do know a thing or two about dogs. Here's a couple of online communities you might look into on training yours.
Of course, Duck Dog seems to have a pretty good handle on things:
http://www.lab-retriever.net/board/f...?s=&forumid=29
Crap, I can't find the other one right now. Anyway, you might take a look there if you have any advice. One word: most of the people there are nicey nice dog lovers, not rough-and-tumble shitheels like us Planeteers
