Matt Emerson

Conway, AR

Background

: Matt has been training dogs for several years and competed with his own dogs in UKC & AKC hunt tests. He has also handled client dogs for competition in the Super Retriever Series. He is a member of DU, Delta Waterfowl, and UKC. Grand Prairie Retrievers Kennel offers basic and advanced retriever training, a puppy head start program, obedience training, private lessons, and professional handling.

Why I Use SportDOG Brand

I have used competitive brands and SportDOG Brand™ collars, and feel that SportDOG Brand™ is the collar for me. I really like the SD-2500.

Favorite Products

I like the SD-2500 ProHunter®

Websites

http://www.gpretrievers.com/

Articles by Matt Emerson

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

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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...

Other Senior Prostaff

Ashley started hunting in his early childhood years with his father and grandfather. At the age of 15 he began competing in the United Kennel Club (UKC) and Professional Kennel Club (PKC) hunting associations. Ashley has accomplished many titles in his hunting career. Included among those are four Final Four...

Ashley Hopkins

Ashley started hunting in his early childhood years with his father and grandfather. At the age of 15 he began competing in the United Kennel Club (UKC) and Professional Kennel Club (PKC) hunting associations. Ashley has accomplished many titles in his hunting career. Included among those are four Final Four...

With his wife Terri, Rick co-owns and operates Perfect 10 Kennel. Their business offers boarding, grooming, and retriever training. They also breed Labrador retrievers. Rick has 30 years of experience in retriever training, participating in everything from field trials to hunt tests to upland hunting competitions.

Rick Grant

With his wife Terri, Rick co-owns and operates Perfect 10 Kennel. Their business offers boarding, grooming, and retriever training. They also breed Labrador retrievers. Rick has 30 years of experience in retriever training, participating in everything from field trials to hunt tests to upland hunting competitions.

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...

Derek Beard draft

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...