
Derek Beard
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.
Favorite Products
ProHunter 2525
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