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Melinda Benbow
Melinda Benbow is the owner and operator of Urban Uplander petcare in Indianapolis, Indiana. Urban Uplander pet care specializes in dog training, boarding services, and positive reinforcement-based upland training. Melinda is a dog training ambassador for Orvis company and emphasizes the importance of proper basic obedience and upland-based training for bird dogs. With methods that vary from some traditional hunting dog training, she hopes to make hunting and bird dog-related sports more accessible to the average pet owner. She is an English Setter enthusiast and owns two field-bred setters, Suge and Jasper. She also shared her home with three mixed-breed dogs, Fluff, Tay, and Hilda, as well as three cats. She participates in field and other performance sports like dock diving. She aims to venture into the show ring once she acquires a show-quality English Setter.