That's so cute. My neighbors lab does not hunt.
He will fetch anything you throw for hours. We have had him fetching four foot long 4x4's, as well as 8' long 2x2's.
I am dead serious too.....we had him going this last fall for over 2 hours. It is always the pinecone, but then he found a stick, and we used that for a while, then the wood. We gradually worked up to larger pieces just because it was so damn funny how driven he was, and he was so excited to be making us laugh so much.
I sure do love dogs, hence the reason I am searching for my own right now.......