Ch Vineyards Toora Loora, ROM, won the Best Matron Award for the second time at the recent ISCA National event.  Her "C" litter received the most championship points of any litter in 2009, 60 points. We won the Litter Breeder award for the "C" Litter and the Breeder of the Best Matron Award. Toora Loora also won the award for her "B" Litter a few years ago.

Toora Loora is happy as a house dog with our daughter, Kelly, her husband and Serena, who is almost three, in Minneapolis.

Ch Vineyards Bad Boy was honored with two awards at the June, 2010 Wisconsin ISCA National:  The Rockherin Trophy, the Best in Show Award, for winning Best in Show more times than any other Irish Setter in 2009; and the Scarlly Trophy, the Sporting Group Award, for winning more Sporting Groups in 2009 than any other Irish Setter.

Bad Boy, who is now at stud at home, is available to approved champion bitches. He was the #1 Irish Setter in the US in 2009, and was the #4 in the Sporting Group.

Vineyards Georgy Girl, the daughter of Ch Vineyards Bad Boy and Ch Vineyards Early Morning Rain, placed fourth in a large 12-15 month puppy class at the recent ISCA National Specialty under Will Alexander.

This is Ch Vineyards Early Morning Rain taking a Group 3 a the Wheaton (IL) Kennel Club on June 12, 2010.

Rain is showing winning breed at the James River KC on Aug 5.

The Irish Setter Specialty at Waukasha in late July was a big one for the Vineyards. Vineyards Georgy Girl was Winners Bitch and Best of Winners; Vineyards Heartbreaker was Winners Dog. Both got 4 point majors from puppy classes. George's mother (Heartbreaker's half sister) Ch Vineyards Early Morning Rain was Grand Champion Select bitch for a major toward her Grand Championship.