KINNIKE KENNELS , REG. SINCE 1946

Pointers and French Bulldogs


 
 
 
 
 



                                                                                                                     Frenchie pedigree
 
 

Kinnike Kennels,reg. since 1946

History

Kinnike bred their first Pointer litter in 1979, from which two champions resulted. In the following 27 years, we have bred 35 litters which have produced  over 100 champions, 5 dual champions (in a breed that has, to date, only 9 dual champions), 4 Amateur field champions, 3 Master Hunters including the breed's first CH/MH & the breed's 1st Ch/MH/CD, 9 Senior Hunters, over 60 Junior Hunters, 12 CD's, & 2 CDX.


1995 - APC Top Breeder Conformation, Field, Obedience
1996 - APC Top Breeder Conformation & Field
1997 - APC Top Breeder Field & Obedience, Certificate of Merit Conformation Breeder
1998, 1999, 2000 & 2005 APC Top Field Breeder & Certificate of Merit Conformation Breeder
19 of our dogs were credited with nationally ranked Top 10 Gun Dog status, including 1st and 2nd for three straight years, and 1st two other years.  And the top three Gun Dog awards for 1999, and the #1 & #2 Gun Dogs for 2000.
Kinnike has produced group and BIS Pointers on three continents.


 
 

  Ch Jason of Kinnike     Ch Kinnike Hannah JH CD
Jason is pictured above at 10 1/2 years of age, and Hannah is pictured at 9 3/4 years of age.
Jason and Hannah pedigree

Ch Jason of Kinnike finished his championship at 9 months of age with multiple BOB's over specials and a Group 2nd.  He won his first , of 7,  BIS, at 14 months of age, his first National Specialty BOB, of 4, five months later. He went on to win over 70 Group 1st, including back-to-back Group 1st at Santa Barbara. His 7 specialty BOB's make him the breed's top specialty winner ever.  He won his last group at 10 1/2 years of age. Jason is the sire of National Specialty BOB winner &multiple group winner,
Ch Kinnike A. Seagate.

Ch Kinnike Hannah JH CD finished her championship at 9 months of age, undefeated, with multiple BOB's over specials. In a limited show career, Hannah won back to back groups, making her the breed's first triple titled multiple group winner.  Her first litter produced two Dual Champions, one AFC/CH, and the breed's first CH/MH.
 

Ch Kinnike Mickey of True Colors JH CGC
Mickey  Pedigree
 
 

Mickey  in very limited showing, is the winner of 7 group 1sts, multiple specialties, and a Best in Show from the BBE class. Mickey was named PANE's 1997 Bench Pointer of the year.

At Mickey's first outing as a Veteran , he was Best in Veteran Sweepstakes and Best of Opposite Sex,
to his grand daughter, Martha,  at the 2002 PANE Specialty.
 
 
 

Hilda                                  McCabe
Hilda & McCabe pedigree

DC/AFC/Braz. Ch/Ch Ams/S Am Ch Kinnike Wythelde SH
Hilda was the breed's first DC bitch.
She finished her DC at 7 years of age, while still taking time out for two litters.
and finished her AFC at 10 yrs of age.

DC Kinnike Blackthorne
McCabe, litter brother of Hilda, was our first Dual Champion.
He is the sire of the breed's most recent Dual Ch. Blackthorne  Remington Isis JH
 
 


                                                              photo by Close Encounters of the Furry Kind
DC/AFC Kinnike Hedda JH              DC Kinnike Simon JH
 Hedda & Bubba pedigree
 

Hedda is Kinnike's 3rd DC, the breed's 5th Dual, and to date, youngest.  She finished her conformation Ch at 9 months of age and was named APC & PANE's Top Derby dog for 1996.  In 1998, she won the APC's Amateur Gun Dog Stake. And in 1999, was the winner of the APC's National Field Trial Open Gun Dog Stake. In July of 1998, she took time off to whelp a litter of 10.  When her puppies were 10 weeks old,  Hedda won back to back major Gun Dog stakes at the Tar Tan Gordon Setter Trial, to finish her FC and so became a DC.  In Feb of 2000 she whelped her 2nd litter, and 10 weeks later completed her AFC.  Hedda finished up 1998 as the APC's #2 Gun Dog, while , at the same time, raising a litter of 10 puppies.  Hedda is a truly versatile Pointer !

  Litter brother, Simon "Bubba" , finished his championship from the puppy class with a group placement at 9 months of age. Bubba was the breed's 6th Dual Champion. Bubba was named the PANE 1997 Gundog of the year, and
APC's 1998 #5 Gun Dog.

Some of our other notable Pointers

Ch Kinnike True Colors JH, finished at National Spec, BOB 1996 PANE Spec.
Ch Kinnike C P Schofield CD JH, 1995 APC FRISBEE Champion
Ch Kinnike Jameson MH, the breed's first CH/MH
Ch Kinnike Grouse Glen MH CD, the breed's youngest CH/MH, and first CH/MH/CD
AFC/Ch Kinnike Emmet's Antics JH, winner of the American Pointer Club's 1998 Open Gun Dog Classic, and the American Pointer Club's 1999 Amateur Gun Dog Stake.  He finished up the 1999 & 2000 years as the APC's Top Gun Dog, and won the APC's  Amateur Gun Dog stake in 2000.

Ch. Kinnike Mathilda JH          Ch Kinnike Hillary JH

                                               Matty Pedigree                                                                    Hillary Pedigree

"Matty" , a Hillary daughter, is the dam of 5 Ch's, 6 JH's , 2 Amateur Field Ch & 2 Dual Champions
including  the breed's youngest Dual Ch. , all from her first litter.
"Hillary" was the dam of 6 Ch's, 4 JH's and 1 CD.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ch. Kinnike O'Donnell JH
Winner of PANE and PCCNJ Sweepstakes. and a Group First (puppy) Holyoke KC.
Rosie finished her Championship by winning, not only Best of Breed over a special,
but going on to win a 2nd in the group.  Rosie is the dam of Ethel.
 

 Rosie's Picture
 Rosie Pedigree
 
 

and one of our IMPORTS

  Ch Misty Meadow Cheer Me JH
Nunnu pedigree
Ch Misty Meadow Cheer Me JH "Nunnu",  imported from Finland, though her pedigree is all English.   Nunnu finished her championship undefeated under breeder judges.  She is the dam of  6 Champions and 7 Junior Hunters, and 2 Best in Show winners and a Dual Champion.
 
 
 

We have just learned that Martha has earned the right to be called the American Pointer Club's # 1 Gun Dog and Top Field dog for 2006
and
the APC's #4 Novice Obedience dog for 2006


Dual Ch Kinnike Stewart JH CD
(Kinnike Clooney x Ch Misty Meadow Cheer Me JH)
 Martha pedigree

 picture of Kinnike Clooney






Martha's accomplishments:
completed her championship at 17 months of age in 5 straight shows with
    BISS at the PANE Specialty
    BOB & a group placement at her next two shows,
    BOB/BISS over the top winning Pointer in the history of the breed at the PCCNJ.

2002 APC National:
    won the Open Gun Dog & Amateur Gun Dog stakes
    Best of Opposite at the National Specialty
2002 Best of Breed, & group placement-AKC Invitational Dog Show
2003 Best of Breed Westminster KC
2003 APC National - Best of Breed/BISS
2003 BISS PANE Specialty, thus becoming the breed's all time top specialty winner,7 weeks after whelping her 1st litter.
2004 9th recording breaking BISS-PCCNJ , just 8 weeks after whelping her 2nd litter.
2005 American Pointer Club National Specialty week
    1st - Open Gun Dog
    1st - Amateur Gun Dog
    BOB/BISS
Dam of
           Winners Dog - Ch Kinnike Paul JH
            Best Puppy - Ch Kinnike Hemingway JH CGC
            BOS Futurity - Ch Kinnike Alexis
        Grand Dam of
            Winners Bitch/Best of Winners - Ch Penzance Enigma of Kinnike JH
            Reserve Winners Bitch - Ch Kinnike Pauley JH
2006 American Pointer Club National Specialty week
    1st - Amateur Gun Dog
    2nd - Open Gun Dog
    Best in Veteran Sweepstakes
    Best Veteran in Show
    Judges Award of Merit
Dam of
    three champions
        Ch Kinnike Paul JH - finished with specialty wins and BOB over top specials
        Ch Kinnike Alexis - now in New Zealand - finished with BOB's over specials
        Ch Kinnike Hemingway JH CGC - finished with specialty wins and BOB over specials
        Mutliple Best in Show winner /Europe- World Winner 2006 Kinnike Ralph Lauren

Martha earned her CD in the summer of 2006 with a 1st, 2nd and 4th place.
 

MARTHA, THE TOP WINNING SPECIALTY POINTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE BREED HAS COMPLETED HER FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP BY WINNING A 36 DOG OPEN GUN DOG STAKE AT
THE EASTERN GSP TRIAL IN NJ, FEB 2006
MARTHA IS NOW DUAL CHAMPION KINNIKE STEWART JH CD


Dual Ch Kinnike Stewart JH CD
winner of the Open & Amateur Gun Dog Stakes at the 2002 & 2005 APC National Spec Field Trial
 

Ch Kinnike Paul JH
(Land's End Phantom of the Opera x Dual Ch Kinnike Stewart JH CD)

Paul's accomplishments:
    debut-American Pointer Club 2004 National Specialty
        Best Puppy & Reserve Winners dog
        qualified for his first leg in Junior Hunter, and placed in his first field trial
    Best in Sweepstakes - PCCNJ
    Best of Winners - 3 points - Wilderness Supported entry/Old Dominion KC
    Best of Breed - Charlottesville KC
    2005 APC National Specialty
        Winners Dog
        1st Stud Dog
     2005 PANE Specialty
        Winners Dog to finish his championship
        sire of 2005 APC National winners:
            Best Puppy, Winners Bitch/Best of Winners/Best Bred By Exhib, Reserve Winners Bitch
            & at just 3 years of age,
            sire of  5 champions, Jr World Winner 2005, Can, Am & Gib Ch Kinnike Robert
            winner of 3 group firsts and 2 group 2nd's in his first month in Europe
            Ch Kinnike Hemingway JH CGC, Ch Kinnike PauleyJH,  Ch Kinnike Alexis
            & Ch Kinnike Gustav

CH Kinnike Paul

 pedigree of Ch Kinnike Paul
 

Paul is the proud sire of
Am/Can/Gib Ch , Ch of the Ams & Jr World Winner Kinnike Robert.
At just two years of age Bob has earned all of the above titles and
Best in Show - Sevilla
Bob is the sire of multiple BOB winning champion get
He is owned by Jose Gonzalez of Venezuela &  Kinnike Kennels
 


 

CH Kinnike Ethel of Penzance  (Ch Kinnike Edsel JH x Ch Kinnike O'Donnell JH CD)
Finished her Championship with all specialty wins.  the first and thus far, only Pointer to do so.
2005 APC National Specialty - Award of Merit winner
dam of
2005 Jr World Winner, Can , Am & Gib Ch Kinnike Robert - multiple Group winner
Ch Kinnike Pauley - APC National Specialty Reserve Winners Bitch
Ch Kinnike Gustav - multiple best of Breed winner
 

The American Pointer Club's 1999 National Field Trial
DC/AFC Kinnike Hedda JH 1st - Open Gun Dog, brother AFC/Ch Kinnike Emmet's Antics JH - 1st Amateur Gun Dog .

The American Pointer Club's 2000 National Field Trial
AFC/CH Kinnike Emmet's Antics JH 1st Amateur Gun Dog  &2nd in the Open Gun Dog .  Brother DC Kinnike Simon JH  2nd-Amateur Gun Dog .

 Picture of the 1999 APC Open Gun Dog National Field Trial Winners
 
 
 

Kinnike Kennels, reg., where Pointers do more: they win Best in Shows, Groups, National Specialties,  National Specialties from the Veteran class,  Specialties from the Field Trial class and the 12-to18 month class,  Field Trial points and placements,  Hunting Test legs, and Obedience legs,  and Best In Show from the Bred-By-Exhibitor class.  They become Dual Champions.  They produce top winners,top producers & ideal personal hunting companions ,
but most important, they win the hearts of people wherever they go.
 

another happy puppy owner
Mindy and Finn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

To Contact Us

Erica Bandes & John Bandes DVM
4324 Payne Road
Columbia, Va 23038
phone #
804-457-3826
email address
kinnike@patriot.net
 

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