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STILL #1 IRISH SETTER

AKC all-breed stats show Ch Vineyards Bad Boy is still the #1 Irish Setter in the country, through May 3rd!

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BACK-TO-BACK BISS WINS

Ch Vineyards Bad Boy had back-to-back BISS wins at the KC Irish Setter Club Specialties on May 15, 2009.

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BEST IN SHOW

Ch Vineyards Bad Boy won Best in Show at the Northeast Oklahoma Kennel Club show Friday April 10! Thanks to Judges Mrs. Gloria Geringer & Mrs. Jane Kay. He is the first Irish Setter to win Best in Show in 2009.

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VINEYARDS APPROVED!

The Vineyards has been approved by the American Kennel Club as a Registered Kennels and is now the Vineyards (Reg.)!

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AILISH

Vineyards Champagne Toast (Ailish), the littermate of our Contender, qualified for the JH (Junior Hunter) title the weekend of March 21, 2009. She is loved and trained by Jerry and Susan Threadgill of Virginia.

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VINEYARDS CONTENDER

Vineyards Contender (Bad Boy's little brother) took Best of Winners at the Milwaukee Irish Setter Specialty in February for a 4 point major. Two days later, he was BOW again for his 3rd major. He has 14 points.

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CH VINEYARDS BAD BOY

Ch Vineyards Bad Boy got an Award of Merit at Westminster!

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VINEYARDS EARLY MORNING RAIN

finished her championship the weekend of August 22nd with her 4th and 5th majors at the Minneapolis Irish Setter Specialties under judges Houston Clark and Debbie Davis. She was 15 months old.

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CH VINEYARDS BAD BOY

Ch Vineyards Bad Boy won Best of Breed 3 of 4 days at the Chicago International KC cluster in February!

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Chief & Sonny Cara
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Four week old babies enjoy a nice Spring day. They are the children of BIS Ch Windwood Inferno (Dante) and Ch Vineyards Black Eyed Suzie. The human in the pictures is our son-in-law, Dr. Nadim Salfiti. Credit for the pictures goes to his wife, our daughter, Dr. Kelly Salfiti.
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Sonny - International Champion!
<H1>Irish Setters</H1> Congratulations to CH Vineyards Red Sun Rising!  Sonny is the proud winner of the Japan Kennel Club, Inc., International Beauty Championship.


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Ch Vineyards Bad Boy

Irish Setters - Ch Vineyards Bad Boy Ch Vineyards Bad Boy is shown with his friend and handler, Laura King.  This picture was taken last Fall by Laura's associate, Erin Gimbut, who also shows Bad Boy.  Besides being a talented dog handler and groomer, Erin is also an accomplished photographer.

Bad Boy had a fantastic trip to the East Coast for the Westminster weekend in January. There are several very prestigious shows prior to Westminster. Bad Boy was Best of Opposite Sex at the BASS and got an Award of Merit at another. Then, at Westminster itself, Bad Boy got an Award of Merit. We are very proud of him. He ended February as the #2 Irish Setter, Canine Chronicle All breed statistics. The February, 2009, International KC cluster weekend in Chicago was another good one for Bad Boy. He won Best of Breed three of the four days and got a Group 4 on Sunday. Bad Boy was just four in January. In Nashville, TN, the weekend of March 5th - March 8th, Bad Boy got two Group firsts and two Group seconds.

Bad Boy is the son of our Ch Vineyards Toora Loora ROM.  Toora Loora has eight champion children already, with the "C" litter still to be shown.  Bad Boy's litter was the Irish Setter Club of America litter of the year for 2006 and Toora Loora was the dam (mother) of the year.
 

Contender wins

4 Point Major

  

Bad Boy gets

Westminster AOM!

Vineyards Contender is shown winning a four point major at the Milwaukee Irish Setter Specialty in February, 2009. He is shown by Erin Gimbut. He was shown twice that weekend, winning Best of Winners both days, getting his second and third majors. Contender is a full younger brother of our Bad Boy. He will be shown next at the Irish Setter Club of America National Specialty in June. He has 14 points, 3 majors. We are excited about Contender's special qualities: he is very, very dark in color, has good bone and substance, and is quite showy.

Ch Vineyards Bad Boy is shown winning an Award of Merit at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club in Madison Square Garden in February of 2009 under Judge Mrs. Anne Bolus. The AOM win capped a wonderful "Westminster Weekend" with Bad Boy winning an additional AOM and a Best Opposite Sex award at the BASS show in the Meadowlands in New Jersey.

Bad Boy, who finished 2008 as the #6 Irish Setter and who received an invitation to Westminster, has continued his winning ways in 2009.

Bad Boy, who is elegant and typey and moves like a dream, is one of our "B" litter which won ISCA Litter of the Year a few years ago.  At 17 months of age, he was BOS to his littermate, Belladonna, in sweepstakes at the Michigan National Specialty and made two cuts in breed.  We are very proud of Bad Boy.
 

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