Full Throttle, daughter of Full Blast ex Jumpstart, rambled through the woods at the Gladwin Preserve near Meredith, Michigan, on Nov 2 putting forth her usual fast, snappy, rangy hunting effort. Her find in the call-back session exhibited straight up style and intensity earning her second in the Grand National Grouse Futurity. Ruby is bred, owned and handled by Mike Spotts of Bloomsburg, PA, and her early development was with his friend and hunting pal Thor Kain of Carbondale, PA.
Ruby earlier won the prestigious Venango Puppy Classic for Thor and she has placed as a fall derby prior to the Futurity running.
Ruby is line-bred to Ch. Pennstar as both her sire Full Blast and her dam Jumpstart are direct offspring of the five-time grouse and woodcock Champion. Jumpstart. originally owned by our kennel and bred by Michiganer Brian Woods, won the Pennsylvania Grouse Trial Club Open All-Age besting forty contenders with Mike then the owner/handler. In her first litter, Jumpstart, then owned by Watts/Brenneman produced Ch. Spitfire who won the National Amateur Grouse Championship with Mike, her owner, at the helm. Jumpstart became known as an excellent bird finder and Ruby follows in the tradition. Ruby is from Full Blast’s first litter. Seeing young Full Blast’s potential in workouts, Mike selected him as the sire for Jumpstart before Full Blast’s string of Championship wins and awards.