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Wendell and Leta bought their first Irish Setter in 1972.  It wasn't until 1977 they became interested in showing and purchased Flaming Acres Fiery Sunshine (Pictured Left) who was major pointed in the states and pointed in Canada.  Her show career ended when her tail was injured.  She was bred to Am.Can.Ch. Rendition Erin of Sunny Hills and from that breeding came Can.Ch. Ridgehaven's Storm Trooper who needed only a major to finish.

In 1981 they purchased a puppy from the breeding of Ch. Shawnee Pipedream O'Charlton & Ch. Meadowlark's Moonlight Magic who later became Ch. Meadowlark's MaiTai (Pictured Right) and their foundation bitch.  They purchased another puppy a few years later who became Ch. Meadowlark's Love Boat.  The Grahams have built their limited breeding program around these two bitches.  All their dogs are clear of PRA by test mating or DNA.

In 1986 they bred Tai to BISS Am.CanCh. Camelar the Curragh CD and from that litter came Ch. Kaerdon's Broker's Tip, Ch. Kaerdon's Stock Broker, Am.Can.Ch. Kaerdon's Ticker Tape and BISS Am.Can. Ch. Kaerdon's Shareholder (Pictured below left).  Shareholder was in the top ten breed standings for the years 1990 and 1991.  When they combined Broker's Tip and Love Boat the litter produced Ch. Kaerdon's MadHatter (Picture Below Right), Am.Can.Ch. Kaerdon's Lil Miss Muffet who was BOS in Sweeps at the 1991 National, and Am.Can.Ch. Kaerdon's Tick Tock who was Winners Dog the day after the 1992 Nationals.  The above offspring from both of these litters all have specialty wins.  Shareholder, Lil Miss Muffet and Tick Tock are Co-Owned with Jack & Sonja Kinney.  Broker's Tip was used at stud very limited but has produced 10 champions to date.  His son, MadHatter is following in his footsteps and again being used very limited at stud.  To date he has produced 9 champions and 2 Junior Hunters.  Love Boat was also bred to Ch. Paterjay Meadowlark's Arglin and produced Ch. Paterjay Kaerdon's Sent With Love.

The Grahams continued their breeding program by breeding MadHatter to Ticker Tape which produced Ch. Kaerdon's Twilight Serenade JH and Kaerdon's Twilight Magic (Ptd).  MadHatter was also bred to Meadowlark's Special Surprise (Mj ptd) and that produced Ch. Kaerdon's Mirandy and Ch. Kaerdon's GrandMasterpiece.  Serenade was bred to GrandMasterpiece and those offspring are TaraMac Kaerdon's Connoisseur and Ch. TaraMac Kaerdon's Cover Girl.  Twilight Magic was bred to Am.Can.Int.Ch. Eircrest Kaerdon's O'Deryn Am.Can.CDX,FD,CGC from this breeding came a singleton puppy, Kaerdon's Almost an Angel.  Still very young, they're hoping she'll be able to continue their line.  GrandMasterpiece was also bred to Kaerdon's Mary Poppins.  Those kids, Kaerdon's Wild Huckleberry (ptd) and Kaerdon's Bloom'n Sally are being shown now.  Serenade is owned by Teresa Hike and Mary Poppins is owned by D & M West.

In 1997 Leta was approved to judge Irish and English Setters and Jr. Showmanship and currently has also been approved for Golden Retrievers and Labrador Retrievers.  The Grahams have been members of the ISCA since 1977 and members of the ISC of Seattle since 1987.  They both have been officers of ISCS Wendell as president several times and Leta as Secretary.

Leta is pictured here judging Irish Setters.  The dog is BIS, BISS Ch. Avon Farm Northern Dancer, Owner/Handled by Christy Marley.

 

 

 

 

 

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