2008 SWEETBRIAR NEWS November - Briar finishes his AKC Championship Title winning his 4th major! October - Brooke is Best of Opposite in Sweeps at the New England Specialty. Travis x Tess puppies whelped. September - Briar is Best in Sweeps at the Brandywine Specialty. Brooke wins her first major going Winners bitch at the Berks KC day-after Specialty show. Briar is Winners dog and best of opposite at Warrenton KC for his third major. August - Briar is winners dog for his third major at the Harrisburg Kennel Club show on Saturday. Hammer was (major) reserve winners dog on both Saturday and Sunday, and Brooke was (major) reserve winners bitch both days. July - Hammer is winners dog for a major at the Brandywine Supported Entry on Saturday. Tara takes a major reserve. Briar takes a major reserve at the Sunday Nita Nee Show. - Travis x Miranda Puppies are whelped. June - At the English Setter Club of New England Specialty Brooke is Reserve Winners Bitch and Best Puppy! May - Briar is Best Puppy and Reserve Winners Dog and Dublin wins Best in Sweepstakes at the Hudson English Setter club Spring Specialty. Brooke and Hammer both take major reserves at Plainfield KC in NJ. April - Briar takes a Major Reserve at the National Capitol English Setter Club Supported Entry. Hammer Wins his class at the National Capitol English Setter Club Spring Specialty Briar goes Winners Dog and Best of Opposite over top-ranked specials at Harrisburg for a Day-After-Specialty 4 PT Major. Dublin wins both Sweeps and Regular classes at the Brandywine Specialty. February 2008 - Our 7 month old puppies had a great showing at the Garden Specialty Shows. Three blue ribbons and too many placements to count. Here they are going 1-2-3 in their first sweeps class. See the "Puppies" page for details and pictures.