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The Terrier Group Judged by dled his son, “my current
Dr. Jerry Klein ho us e d o g ,” to a n all-br eed
Best in Show, both under
Dr. Je r r y K le in well-known and respected
breeder-judges. He says, “I
Dr. Je r r y K le in , o f C h ic ag o, am most proud of develop-
Illinois, is the AKC’s Chief ing a line of Afghan Hounds
Ve te r i n ar y O f fice r. He re- that have been physically
ceived his first Wire Fox healthy and long lived, with
Te r r i e r a s a b irt h d ay g ift stable temperaments, while
from his parents in 1964. keeping what is, to my eye,
He began exhibiting two a c la s s ic typ e.”
years later and went on to
breed multiple champion An AKC judge since 1985,
Wires. Dr. Klein is a p p roved for
the Terrie r Gro up, Toy Man -
Turning his attention to Af- c hes te r Terrie rs , Afgh an
g h a n H o u n ds, Dr. K le in has Hounds and most of the
bred many champions and sighthounds, Junior Show-
quality dogs over seven manship, and Best in Show.
generations under the Se- He has judged in nine coun-
b r i n g b a n n e r. T h e se in c lud e tries around the world.
a top sire of over 30 cham-
pions, a two-time national Dr. Klein re tire d as E m er-
specialty Best of Breed win- gency Department Head
ner and Westminster Best Emeritus of Chicago’s larg-
of Br e ed w in n e r, an d o th- est 24-hour specialty/emer-
er specialty and all-breed gency facility.
Be s ts i n S h o w. Dr. Kle in
breeder-owner-handled a
dog to a national-specialty
Best in Show, and then han-
Results • AKC National Championship ‘18
