Bo discovered his passion for dogs and retriever training at 16 years of age when he began working for a training facility near his hometown of Stuttgart, Arkansas. Since then Bo has devoted his life to retriever training and hunting waterfowl in the great state of Arkansas. Bo moved to Jonesboro, Arkansas in 2001 where he obtained a bachelor’s degree from Arkansas State University while continuing to train dogs. He continues to operate at Ridgemark Retrievers near Jonesboro. Ridgemark Retrievers was started in 2006 and is located north of Jonesboro near the community of Brookland.