Have any of you ever read any of these series of training books? My grandfather who always had pointers told me that the book gun dog by Richard Wolters was his bible and this book is great for people that want to learn/train dogs who do not have all of the time or all the resources to train.

That book is a classic. Very worth the read. I used several of the techniques and they seemed to work...for me it produced a dog that will hunt but not a field trial dog. It is an older book so it doesn't cover e-collar training, so you might need some advice or another book if you want to collar-train your dog.

Ditto beatarmy! I've read several. I liked the Delmar Smith method the best, but he did not include the e-collar. I added the e-collar to his method, and came up with this method;


http://www.texashuntingforum.com/forum/u...nar#Post1739400

Alot of people say his methods are outdated...but I really do enjoy them and have had great luck in them.....

It's kinda to each his own.....

I like Wolters. You can't say there is one 'right' way to train a dog, anymore than there is one right way to teach a kid. It depends on what you want out of your dog and the kind of relationship you want with him/her. Wolter's training methods fit very nicely with my approach, as do some others - so his stuff works for me. If the canine species hasn't changed since Wolters wrote his books, then the info is not invalid. Sometimes time-tested and conservative is not a bad way to go.

No training expert here but it hasn't been around for 50+ years for nothing.

I wouldn't give two cents for his methods with pointing dogs. He was a retriever guy who tried to capitalize on that with his book on pointing dogs.

agreed. i have several of his books. jumping up like a traffic crossing guard to get the pointer to point is a funky method IMO

He was not a retriever guy. He was an author that found a niche to cash in on by giving the average Joe a systematic method with which one could train a serviceable dog with. There are MUCH better references available today and the Wolter's books should be retired to the museum of dog training history imo.