Meet the Dog Experts

Melinda Benbow is the owner and operator of Urban Uplander Pet Care in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her professional knowledge of pet care and dog training has allowed her to create and manage one of the top pet-care companies in Indianapolis for the past seven years. Melinda and her company are dedicated to providing quality pet care in the form of in-home care, boarding, basic obedience, and socialization days. Through her services, she has been able to help the pet owners of her local community achieve balanced, well-socialized, and enriched dogs while fostering the dog-and-owner bond. Melinda has also directed her scientific understanding of operant conditioning and learning theory to her relatively new passion for upland sporting.

Melinda’s Dogs:

Sir McFluff'n Stuff (Fluff), Broomhilda (Hilda), Tay-Tay, Shotgun Sugar (Suge), Jasper

Dr. Madeline Fellin is a small-animal veterinarian in Butte, Montana, a stone’s throw from the many storied rivers of Southwest Montana and a short drive to the heart of high-prairie upland hunting. Madeline was born and raised on the Gallatin River near Bozeman, Montana, graduated from Oklahoma State University, and received her doctorate from Washington State University. She and her husband, Wade, own and operate the Big Hole Lodge, three-time winner of the esteemed Orvis-Endorsed Fly-Fishing Lodge of the Year award. In her spare time, Madeline enjoys fly fishing, hiking, cross-country skiing, and wingshooting with Wade and their three dogs.

Dr. Madeline Fellin’s Dogs:

Bodee, Hopkin, Lucy