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AKC JUDGE –ANNE KATONA

Anne is currently approved to judge 5 of the 7 AKC recognized groups
along with 8 working breeds and 3 herding breeds. Her judging career
has taken her to wonderful foreign assignments such as: Canada, Mexico,
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Scotland,
Ireland, Thailand, China, Korea, Brazil, Taiwan, Colombia, Denmark,
Norway, Japan, Mexico, Venezuela, and Chile and recently Holland. She
has written many articles for numerous dog magazines here in the
United States and overseas.

A Kerry Blue Terrier enthusiast whose dogs have won multiple Bests in
Show and Specialty awards though out the United States and Canada. In
2003 Anne had the privilege of judging Best in Show at Montgomery
County Kennel Club – the largest All Terrier Show in the world. It has
been a thrill for her to have judged at Westminster Kennel Club in New
York City several times. From 2005 thru 2010, she was employed by the
American Kennel Club as a West Coast Executive Field Representative.
Though the Kerry Blue Terrier will always be her heart dog, Anne
stopped breeding dogs once approved to judge the Terrier Group. At
present she and her husband Jack are owned by a Maine Coon Cat named
Stiller (after the Pittsburgh Steelers).