August Joy All Star: Jeremy Ries Moco Bottom Labs

August Joy All Star: Jeremy Ries, owner, and operator of MoCo Bottoms Labs has always been an adamant dog lover and waterfowl hunter. His father at a young age had to carry him in a duck blind in the Mississippi River bottoms with a lab by their side to fetch ducks. For as long as he could remember…

June Joy All Star: Ed Bures, BHE Retrievers 

June Joy All Star: Ed Bures, BHE Retrievers Former Joplin police officer Ed Bures started his journey into the world of retrievers and working dogs in 1999…

May Joy All Star: William Newby

Jeff Roberts, 2022 World Tree Dog Association (WTDA) World Champion, grew up running the woods at night chasing his hounds…

April Joy All Star: Bicknell Bunch

Jeff Roberts, 2022 World Tree Dog Association (WTDA) World Champion, grew up running the woods at night chasing his hounds…

February Joy All Star: Jeff Roberts

Jeff Roberts, 2022 World Tree Dog Association (WTDA) World Champion, grew up running the woods at night chasing his hounds…

January Joy All Star: Duell Murphy

2022 was the beginning of a triumphant year for Duell Murphy and the Heather Island crew. It started with the dark and harrowing…

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