{"id":890,"date":"2012-10-17T07:48:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T15:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coverdogsetters.com\/?p=890"},"modified":"2012-10-18T07:59:36","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T15:59:36","slug":"spitfire-mike-spotts-female-wins-the-national-amateur-grouse-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coverdogsetters.com\/?p=890","title":{"rendered":"Spitfire, Mike Spotts’ female, wins the National Amateur Grouse Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Spitfire\"
Spitfire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spitfire, 3-year-old setter female, owned and handled by Mike Spotts of Bloomsburg, PA, won the title of National Amateur Grouse Champion on October 13, 2012, over the extensive\u00a0wooded\u00a0venue\u00a0at the site of famed Grouse Ridge Setters, Norwich, NY.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 “Lola”\u00a0faced\u00a0down a strong 39-dog field of\u00a0top grouse dogs handled by amateurs.\u00a0“Lola” ran \u00a0fast, smooth and forward\u00a0and with arresting style.\u00a0 She consistently hit objectives near and far as they were presented.\u00a0\u00a0 At the 25-minute mark her bell was believed to have stopped and scout Dick Brenneman found her standing proudly with high head and tail.\u00a0 The grouse was right in front where she said it was and “Lola” was motionless for the flush and shot.\u00a0 She carried on with drive and responsive handling for the hour and finished with undiminished pace…going away at the pickup.<\/p>\n

Spitfire is a product of our kennel.\u00a0 Her early start here found her matched with another nice female pup of similar age in\u00a0Straight Forward,\u00a0who was Runner-Up Champion at the Northern New England Woodcock Championship just a few weeks previous.\u00a0 Mike had his choice of the two pups from different litters and his journey with Lola testifies to his making a good choice for both himself and “Lola”.\u00a0 “Lola” \u00a0is the product of Mike’s hard work and dedication as an amateur.\u00a0 While Lola has never been with a pro, she and Mike benefit from the advice of professional Tom Gingher and the occasional use of his grounds outside Bloomsburg, PA.<\/p>\n

Spitfire’s breeding (Bold Move X Jumpstart) reflects a strategic\u00a0effort on the breeders’ part to reinforce and fix the blood of 5X Ch. wild bird Ch. Pennstar in Lola’s litter. \u00a0Pennstar is the sire of both Bold Move (Pennstar X Sorber Run Serena)\u00a0and Jumpstart (Pennstar ex \u00a0Grouse River Jessie).\u00a0\u00a0 Bold Move, brother to Grand National Grouse Ch. Full Tilt, is now retired. \u00a0He was campaigned with success on the grouse circuit as a derby and all-age competitior.\u00a0 Jumpstart, now owned by Mike, also has had a number of recent\u00a0all-age wins under his whistle \u00a0and she has been challenging in Championship stakes for the last year.\u00a0 She won the prestigous Pennsylania Grouse Trial Club, Open All-Age stake in the spring of 2012.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The moment when the announcement of Lola’s win was made was\u00a0all the sweeter for Mike as his wife Amber and 7 mo. old son, Jacob (first field trial), \u00a0were at his side.\u00a0 It does not get any better than this!<\/p>\n

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\"Mike,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spitfire, 3-year-old setter female, owned and handled by Mike Spotts of Bloomsburg, PA, won the title of National Amateur Grouse Champion on October 13, 2012, over the extensive\u00a0wooded\u00a0venue\u00a0at the site of famed Grouse Ridge Setters, Norwich, NY. \u00a0 “Lola”\u00a0faced\u00a0down a strong 39-dog field of\u00a0top grouse dogs handled by amateurs.\u00a0“Lola” ran \u00a0fast, smooth and forward\u00a0and with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coverdogsetters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coverdogsetters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coverdogsetters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coverdogsetters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coverdogsetters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=890"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/coverdogsetters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":897,"href":"https:\/\/coverdogsetters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions\/897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coverdogsetters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coverdogsetters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coverdogsetters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}