The SportingDog Adventures Crew Takes Teal with Racks & Quacks in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Jeff and Katherine Fuller 07.29.14
This week’s new episode of SportingDog Adventures takes us back to Louisiana for more great teal footage plus a lot of local flavor!
In addition to more great teal footage and retrieves, the SportingDog crew wanted to add more to the episode about the area’s ecosystems and heritage. “We included segments in this episode that highlight property management, which in this area, takes on an entirely different meaning than in other areas of the U.S., “ says Jeff Fuller, Host and Executive Producer. “In our last Louisiana episode, we wanted to highlight the loss of land in the delta and the efforts of conservation groups such as Vanishing Paradise. In this episode, we show you what the locals are doing themselves to preserve their land and fight invasive species.”
The latest episode also pays homage to a fallen great in the waterfowl world, Eli Haydel, founder of Haydel’s Game Calls, who passed on November 25, 2013. “We have been fortunate to befriend the Haydel family over our years in the waterfowl industry,” says Kate Fuller, wife of Jeff Fuller and member of the SportingDog Crew. “They are kind, funny, down-to-earth people. Eli Haydel revolutionized the waterfowl industry with the launch of their calls that could ‘blow wet.’ His sons Rod and Kelly are continuing their father’s legacy of creating champion calls and sharing their love of calling with the next generation, but Eli will always be missed.”
Watch a teaser of this episode here:
Jeff Fuller, Host and Executive Producer of SportingDog Adventures, always loved dogs and hunting, but never expected to make a career out of it. Jeff followed his college career and time in the Army Reserve with a career in law enforcement, until a squad accident ended his career in 2005. Looking for a new path, Jeff began to expand his Labrador breeding program and incorporated Soggy Acres Retrievers. Appearances on local television shows inspired him to aim higher, and SportingDog Adventures was created to provide wholesome, family entertainment geared towards those with an interest in dogs and the outdoors. The show is now in its 4th season, with new episodes beginning each July on the Pursuit Channel, as well as several other networks including The Walk, Tuff TV, and Wild TV Canada. The show is also available year-round online at www.carbontv.com.
Katherine Fuller, wife of Jeff Fuller, came from a dog-loving family with a history of hunting that goes all the way back to her European roots. Still, she never expected to end up using her years of accounting experience and her marketing degree in support of a Labrador breeding program and a hunting show. In addition to her accounting and PR duties with Soggy Acres Retrievers kennel and SportingDog Adventures TV, Kate also appears on many of the episodes, and has also formed a marketing company, Brown Dog Communications, offering the outdoors industry media kits, press releases, web content, social media management, and more. Her contributions to OutdoorHub and other samples of her work can be found at www.browndogco.com. When she’s not writing or chasing after the dogs or the kids, she enjoys researching recipes and natural products, as well as organizing the family’s extensive photo collection.
