First thing that a person has to do when training a bird dog is to have the proper equipment in order to train the pup properly.  The pictures below show what they look like.  You will need a whistle, a rope about twenty feet long with a snap hook, and some times a shock collar to reinforce the bad things a pup will do.

STAGE ONE
    A pup needs to learn what the whole thing that they are learning.  First you need to familiarize the puppy with the scent of a quail.  How this is done is by tying a quail feather to the end of a string of a fishing pole.  Play with the pup with this but do not let them get a hold of the wing.  Soon there instincts take over and they will begin to point the quail wing instead of rushing in on it.  As soon as the pup has learned this quite well it will be time to move them on to the next stage.

STAGE TWO
        After a pup has learned to point then it is time to take them to the field.  The first thing you need to teach pup is how to "work" in the field.  This is where we start to use the rope and whistle.  A dog needs to work back and forth in front of you.  To get the pup to do this you use the rope to educate the it in the direction you want them to go.  The whistle is used to teach the pup that the hunting group is changing directions and to come into sight so it can see which direction the group is heading.  An example of this is done in the picture
below.
 

We planted a bird in this spot to get her to walk into a point while working in the fashion that we are teaching her.  We walked about forty yards while I lead her into that spot.  This also teaches the dog that you know best and to follow your lead in where to hunt.
 

STAGE THREE
        This is the longest and the hardest of the training a new pup.  If you have done the first two stages well this will make this less difficult.  This is where the shock collar may need to be used.  Pointers are know to be quite long ranged.  When you take them off the leash the pup could run like mad.  Do not fret quite yet most times they will run like that for only a few minutes but will start to hunt when you get underway.  You must teach a dog to back another dogs point, which means when another dog points they point at the nose of the first dog without actually smelling the birds.  Most dogs recognize what the other dog is doing and will go in to take a look for themselves if taught properly a good "whoa" will slow them down.  If they bust the point when sneaking up on the point it will be the last.  If another dog is trained well it will snap at the other dog and get quite mad at the pup.  This usually cures a dog of busting points.  If a pups range is to far for you then you need to take the pup back to the rope and keep working with it on its range and control.

STAGE FOUR
    This stage is the least important, but if not done all the time you spent training a dog will end up out the window.  In summer time still work your dog.  keep the skills you taught it reinforced.  If they start to slip every once and a while you need to take them back through training and punish them whenever they slip up.