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Article: Training Labradors is a labor of love.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- September 20, 1996
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When Bob Wolfe retired more than a decade ago after 42 years with 3M, he was a senior vice president and a director. Not bad for a farm kid born in St. Peter, Minn.
But despite Bob's professional accomplishments, and there were many, he is more widely known as a dog man than as a businessman. His canine of choice always has been the retriever, specifically the Labrador - in Bob's case always black Labradors, and always well-trained Labradors.
So well-trained, in fact, that this weekend Bob, 80, will be inducted into the Retriever Hall of Fame, which is part of the National Bird Dog Museum in Grand Junction, Tenn.
Characteristically low-key, ...