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Derek Beard draft

Rineyville, KY

Background

Derek is the founder and President of Central Kentucky Hunting Retriever Association, Inc. After seeing a need for improvement of our hunting retriever breeds, he set out to educate the retriever community in Central Kentucky on common health concerns, quality retriever work, and common training practices to improve retrievers. CKHRA was officially formed in the Fall of 2001 and has been a very successful HRC club. Members range from all over the state of Kentucky and into Ohio, Tennessee, and Indiana.

Why I Use SportDOG Brand

Sometimes, dog-training time can be hard to come by, but SportDOG Brand® products make each and every training session productive. They are affordable and have outstanding features. They are reliable and have the best customer service of any company I have ever dealt with.

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ProHunter 2525

Articles by Derek Beard draft

10 Mistakes in Gun Dog Training and How Not to Make Them - Part 110 Mistakes in Gun Dog Training and How Not to Make Them - Part 1

10 Mistakes in Gun Dog Training and How Not to Make Them - Part 1swarnatest

The best thing about the years that ourselves and our ProStaffers have spent training dogs is that we've made the mistakes. We preach the value of mistakes because you will learn from them even more than your successes, but there's no reason you can't learn from ours. We constantly hammer...

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Jed started coon hunting with his brother and his friends when he was 7 years old. When he turned 16, he started competing in United Kennel Club (UKC) hunts. At 18, he started competing in Professional Kennel Club (PKC) hunts. He has numerous accomplishments in winning state championships, final fours,...Jed started coon hunting with his brother and his friends when he was 7 years old. When he turned 16, he started competing in United Kennel Club (UKC) hunts. At 18, he started competing in Professional Kennel Club (PKC) hunts. He has numerous accomplishments in winning state championships, final fours,...

Jed Finley

Jed started coon hunting with his brother and his friends when he was 7 years old. When he turned 16, he started competing in United Kennel Club (UKC) hunts. At 18, he started competing in Professional Kennel Club (PKC) hunts. He has numerous accomplishments in winning state championships, final fours,...

Clint Johnson has professionally trained hundreds of retrievers and has led several of them to championship titles. With over 11 years of experience, he has competed in the Super Retriever Series (winner of the 2004 SRS in El Campo, TX), the World Retriever Championships, AKC events, the UKC Grand, as well as AKC/UKC hunting tests. Retriever Training by Clint Johnson...Clint Johnson has professionally trained hundreds of retrievers and has led several of them to championship titles. With over 11 years of experience, he has competed in the Super Retriever Series (winner of the 2004 SRS in El Campo, TX), the World Retriever Championships, AKC events, the UKC Grand, as well as AKC/UKC hunting tests. Retriever Training by Clint Johnson...

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Clint Johnson has professionally trained hundreds of retrievers and has led several of them to championship titles. With over 11 years of experience, he has competed in the Super Retriever Series (winner of the 2004 SRS in El Campo, TX), the World Retriever Championships, AKC events, the UKC Grand, as well as AKC/UKC hunting tests. Retriever Training by Clint Johnson...

Dokken brings more than 45 years of retriever-training experience to the SportDOG team. He is well known as the inventor of Dokken’s Deadfowl Trainer, which has become standard equipment for retriever trainers everywhere. He is the owner of Dokken Dog Supply and Dokken’s Oak Ridge Kennels, the largest gun dog...Dokken brings more than 45 years of retriever-training experience to the SportDOG team. He is well known as the inventor of Dokken’s Deadfowl Trainer, which has become standard equipment for retriever trainers everywhere. He is the owner of Dokken Dog Supply and Dokken’s Oak Ridge Kennels, the largest gun dog...

Tom Dokken

Dokken brings more than 45 years of retriever-training experience to the SportDOG team. He is well known as the inventor of Dokken’s Deadfowl Trainer, which has become standard equipment for retriever trainers everywhere. He is the owner of Dokken Dog Supply and Dokken’s Oak Ridge Kennels, the largest gun dog...

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