Kevin & Elizabeth DeTrude
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Kevin DeTrude is an entrepreneur, recovery advocate, and the founder of Beverly’s Pet Resort, a family-owned dog-care business serving Central Indiana. What began as an idea drawn on a napkin has grown into a thriving, multimillion-dollar operation supported by a dedicated team, a 12,000-square-foot facility, and a five-acre Bark Park. For nearly 30 years, Kevin has remained committed to delivering scalable, one-on-one personalized dog care while keeping the heart of the dog at the center of every business decision.
Now 39 years sober, Kevin credits the principles of recovery, including spiritual growth, honest self-evaluation, willingness to change, connection, and service to others, with helping him build both a meaningful life and a sustainable business. His work demonstrates how the same principles that support lasting recovery can also guide leadership, strengthen relationships, and create long-term business success. Kevin is currently focused on expanding Beverly’s and preparing the company to become a lasting legacy for his children, grandchildren, employees, customers, and the dogs they serve.
Elizabeth DeTrude grew up alongside Beverly’s Pet Resort, with a front row seat to both the business her father was building and the recovery that shaped the man behind it. She watched the same principles of consistency, accountability, trust, and connection become foundational to both his life and Beverly’s. Growing up in that environment gave Elizabeth a unique understanding of what has always made the business different: genuine relationships, personalized care, and the belief that growth strengthens the foundation of all areas of life.
Today, Elizabeth is a wife, mother of three, and Vice President of Operations at Beverly’s, helping lead the next chapter of the family business. With a background in digital marketing and client experience, she brings a fresh perspective to its growth while remaining deeply committed to protecting the personal, intentional, family-centered experience her father built from the ground up. For Elizabeth, carrying Beverly’s forward is about more than growing a business. It is about preserving and advancing a legacy shaped by recovery, family, and the power of meaningful connection.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:
- That recovery and business both demand continuous growth, because stopping forward action means sliding backward.
- How prayer and meditation in recovery parallel seeking guidance from employees, customers, mentors, and trusted resources in business.
- Why honest personal inventory in recovery mirrors the ongoing review of finances, customer feedback, employee performance, and services in business.
- That behavior modification in recovery translates to adapting operations, controlling costs, strengthening services, and changing course in business.
- How service to others creates trust, loyalty, and long-term success in both recovery and business.
- Why connection is essential to sobriety and successful dog care, because the opposite of addiction is connection.
- How all dog training is ultimately people training, since a dog’s success depends on the owner’s consistency and behavior.
- That a business can scale without losing personal connection through systems, team, and a five-acre Bark Park.
- Why growth must remain connected to purpose, keeping the heart of the dog at the center of every decision.
- How Kevin turned a napkin idea into a nearly $2 million business by providing one-on-one personalized dog care.
about the show
Overcoming addiction requires discipline, clarity, and resilience — the exact qualities needed to build a successful commercial business. Clean and Thriving TV reveals how business owners in recovery translate their personal transformation into building and running real commercial enterprises.
Clean and Thriving TV is a premium television docuseries spotlighting business owners who refused to let their past define them. Honoring the grit required to overcome addiction and build a business, the series focuses on operational growth, daily execution, and commercial success beyond recovery.
The series takes viewers inside the authentic stories of business owners who turned their lives around and built thriving companies. Clean and Thriving TV serves as the definitive national stage for these entrepreneurs to share their business insights and inspire others.
