Joseph Middleton is carrying on the legacy of the late Richard A. Wolters, the author of a series of best-selling books on how to train dogs. The Washington Post had hailed him as "the guru of American trainers." Richard's books have sold well over a million copies since the first, "Gun Dog," was published in 1961.

Middleton translated Wolters' dog-training techniques into new mediums: video, television, books, and PC games. The company was formed after Richard's untimely death in 1993 to convert his books into videos. Since then these videos have become the best selling tapes of their kind in the world.

Middleton, who had developed a close relationship with Wolters after managing his investments for years, discovered that Wolters had never sold the video rights to books such as "Water Dog," "Gun Dog," "Game Dog," and "Family Dog." That got the undivided attention of Middleton, who had enjoyed success with a nine year career in the film industry before he switched gears and began a career on Wall Street in 1981.

Drawing on his research talents and his marketing abilities, Middleton searched the country for the best trainers of hunting dogs. He looked at the AKC's and NAHRA's field trial competitors and other training books and videos on sporting dogs. He found that the time-proven methods of Richard A. Wolters' books were widely used and accepted for training dogs for both hunting and field trial competitions.

Middleton, after much research, selected and worked with some of the top hunting dog trainers and experts to update and transfer Richard's books into videos. With the help of many people including Dave Meisner, Gene Hill, Charlie Jurney, Tony Harnett, to name a few, Middleton took his film making talents and produced the six instructional videos that are the recognized "bibles" for training retrievers and pointing dogs for upland and waterfowl hunting.

These videos are "Water Dog", "Gun Dog", "Family Dog", "Top Dog", "Top Dog II", and "Game Dog". The two Top Dog videos combine Richard's methods with the popular electronic collar training.

First produced in VHS videos, these six were again updated and released in 2003 as top quality DVD's. They have all garnered excellent reviews from the major outdoor media. In fact, Field & Stream Magazine calls them, "Without a doubt, this is the most popular method ever filmed - because it works and it's easy!"

As a result, this Richard A. Wolters series of DVD's are the best-selling videos on training hunting dogs worldwide. Most serious hunters know and insist on them to train their dogs. And, because of them, training a dog is easier and quicker than ever before.

In addition, Mr. Middleton has taken his expertise in training hunting dogs and his skills for creating entertaining videos and expanded into developing video games. His latest game, "Ultimate Duck Hunting", has breathed new life into the entire hunting game market. It's the only game in which players can train their chosen dogs, shoot the wild ducks and guide their dogs to retrieve the ducks. Just like real duck hunting! And, you don't even have to get your socks wet!!

"Ultimate Duck Hunting" is available as a PC game or as a Nintendo Wii game.

The games and the instructional DVD's continue to grow in sales year after year. Many dog breeders, professional dog trainers, veterinarians, and field competitors recommend them. Humane Societies and animal shelters recommend the "Family Dog" DVD to slow the number of untrained puppies being sent to them because their owners did not know how to easily train them.

Joseph Middleton sees the increasing popularity of dogs around the world. And, with the ease that his products make of training them, he envisions his products and Richard's methods being perennial best sellers - just like Richard's books.

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