My biggest suggestion would be teaching him not to break. My old man trains all his labs and when our most recent was coming up he would go in the yard and throw the dummy 10-15 times and only send her once or twice. making her sit and hold either beside him, and then stay when he went and picked up the dummy. He'll even throw the dummy back to her, and still just have her hold and hold. Sounds like a load of BS but i swear once i saw the dummy land on her feet and she didnt even look at it till he gave her to command.
Even just around the house he'll make her sit and then go sit in the other room for 10 15 minutes, then call her. Labs know to retrieve its getting them to listen and listen well thats the tough part. Never worked with a 2 yr old dog but im sure with enough repetition youll get him were you want him. Good luck!
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