Go out and buy the book by Allis and Richard Dobbs. It's something like "The Complete Retriever Journal" . It talks about raising your dog from start to finish. Also, pick yourself up a Dogtra E-collar. It is about a three week process to train them on e-collar stimulation, but once you do and you do it right, you'll love it. No more, yelling and not listening. They respond very quickly assuming you introduce the collar right to them.