What can you tell me about this gun

[Michael Copperthite]

AND THE MAN WHO TRAINED THEM



Richard A. Wolters's Fetching Story
The Washington Post (Tue, 02 Nov 1993) It's crisp November; bird hunters have a little extra spring in their step as duck and quail seasons draw near. But the annual joy in the gun-dog set is tempered this year by the death of the guru of American trainers, Richard A. Wolters. "We've lost a true renaissance man," mourned Mike Copperthite, a Washington political strategist who was given his first Labrador retriever by Averell Harriman decades ago and who has trained all his pups since by the Wolters method.Indeed, Wolters, 73, was off doing the unlikeliest thing when he died. He had just bought his first ultralight aircraft and was taking it for a solo spin near his home in Hanover, Va., outside Richmond, when …
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It's crisp November; bird hunters have a little extra spring in their step as duck and quail seasons draw near. But the annual joy in the gun-dog set is tempered this year by the death of the guru of American trainers, Richard A. Wolters.
"We've lost a true renaissance man," mourned Mike Copperthite, a Washington political strategist who was given his first Labrador retriever by Averell Harriman decades ago and who has trained all his pups since by the Wolters method.
Indeed, Wolters, 73, was off doing the unlikeliest thing when he died. He had just bought his first ultralight aircraft and was taking it for a solo spin near his home in Hanover, Va., outside Richmond, when his ailing heart gave out Oct. …
Richard A. Wolters Dog Training Expert, 73

Published: October 14, 1993
Richard A. Wolters, an expert on training hunting dogs, died on Saturday after he landed an ultralight aircraft that he had been piloting near his farm in Hanover, Va. He was 73.
The cause was a heart attack, his family said.
Mr. Wolters wrote a number of books on dogs, including three published by Dutton, "Gun Dog" (1961), "Family Dog" (1963) and "Beau, From Both Ends of His Leash" (1966), and "The Labrador Retriever" (Petersen Prints, 1982).
Mr. Wolters was also a chemical engineer, a parachutist, a glider pilot, a teacher of art history and photography and a magazine editor who wrote extensively about dogs and field sports. He especially admired Labradors for their diligence, devotion, stamina, pleasant temperament and ability to become family pets.