The Love of the Irish

"Sweetie follows me around the house all day,” says Sarah LaGassa of Ohio. “Sometimes I’ll hide from her, and she goes through the house looking for me,” she laughs about her 3½-year-old Kerry Blue Terrier.

This breed thrives on family interaction. “If you’re inside, they want to be inside,” says Anne Katona of California, a former Kerry Blue breeder and American Kennel Club judge. “If you’re outside, they want to be outside. They want to be in the same room you’re in.”


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