Marty Roberts - Owner

Marty Roberts began training retrievers when he was 17 years old in 1981. His father and mother, Ace and Betty Roberts of Memphis, Tennessee, presented him with a puppy for Christmas. Marty was instantly smitten. Already a duck hunter since his father along with mentor Johnny "Cuz" Tartera started taking him to the flooded timber of east Arkansas, having a retriever made things complete. He named the puppy "Jimbob," and so began a lifelong passionate pursuit of raising, training, and hunting retrievers.

For many years he trained and worked gundogs as an amateur trainer. Then, when opportunity arose, he and his wife Molly Francis Roberts grabbed on with both hands, bought a farm in Oxford, Mississippi, built a kennel, traveled to Ireland, made contacts in England and Scotland, and dove in with all they had.

It has been a joy to the Roberts to have built relationships with clients from all over the U.S.A. and Canada, and also making friends from Ireland and the U.K. Needless to say, the fulfillment they've received from the dogs and puppies has been irreplaceable.

David Spaulding -

TRAINER & RIGHT HAND MAN

David grew up hunting in the tradition of a pure Arkansas timber hunter. His passion for duck hunting and dogs led him to Sporting Life. David has become an excellent trainer and has a gift for teaching dogs to handle. He is also the Staff Manager. David hales from Franklin, Tennessee. He has a Care program Dam named Swift and a yellow male named Sporting Life's Johnny Joe "Joe". David is also a part the the TV show and will be featured in training segments as well as being a part of the hunts. David will also be a part of our online training series : Retriever University (coming soon!)