Dan's Journal
FC Mia Bo’s Foxtrot Tango Charlie “Charlie”
- Date Whelped: 09/17/05
Available for Stud
- Breed: Spaniel; English Springer
- Sire: Greenwater’s Spitfire
- Dam: MiaBo’s Rhubarb Pie
- Owner’s: Don & Roxanne Banducci
- U.S. Amateur pts: 6
- U.S. Open Pts: 19+1 gun Award
- Canadian Pts(open) 2
- Canadian Pts Amateur 2
Charlie: Charlie is a solid 45 lb. male with super bird-finding abilities. Charlie has all the tools. First and foremost a pet and duck dog, Charlie began his field trial career at 3 ½ years old after someone at a hunt test observed him make a 100 yard marked retrieve through heavy cover and commented “Do that in the third series of a field trial and that’s a blue ribbon.” What his owner didn’t realize was how tough it can be to get into the third series, and earning a win could prove to be an even tougher task!
With no trial training and perhaps two dozen pen-raised and wild bird flushes under his belt to start with, Charlie eventually placed three times in the Spring of 2009, all 4th places. Since Charlie has arrived at Absolute, he has placed in 7 trials with one-2nd place placement, two-3rd place placements, and four-4th place placements. He is a very consistent and honest dog and rarely makes a mistake. Though the ribbons were tough to come by this year with a 2 inch stick lodged in his nose for the majority of the Spring field trials, and an even larger one during the fall, Charlie got his blue ribbon and the guns award at the Fox Valley trial this fall. Way to go Charlie!! After Spending time with his owner in the duck blind and hunting wild pheasants in 2012, Charlie found his way back to the trial circuit in the Winter of 2013, earning his field trial Championship with a second place placement at the Pawnee trial in Colorado. Proof that, with hard work, dedication and a great dog, you can make a champion out of a dog that lives in the house and spends the majority of his time hunting wild birds, whether that be Aleutian geese, green heads, or wild pheasants. Congrats Charlie!!