Thought about posting this in the Hunting dog board but most topics are upland related and I'm much more concerned with retrieving at this point... Getting the new pup in 4 weeks. Its been over 13 years since I trained my last dog-she's still here, but retired. I had great success with the previous dog even though I had no real training experience, but with the new pup, I want to take it to the next level. No worries about the genes, I've hunted with both parents 30+ times (dad is actually a CP as well). Anyhow, I'm pretty much set on Mike Lardy's Total Retriever Program, but wanted to see what you all know/think...