Fri, 03/03/2023 - 11:11am

10 Questions ...

... asked of Angela Pickett

 

Profession: Medical billing and coding manager 

Dog-sport involvement: AKC judge of the Hound, Non-Sporting and Toy groups along with some Sporting breeds. Breeder of Papillons since the early ’90s. Judges education chair and honorary lifetime member of the Papillon Club of America. 

Hometown: Chuluota, Florida

Astrological sign: Virgo 

 

1. Do you have any dog-show superstitions? 

I am not really superstitious. 

 

2. TV-show guilty pleasure?

True crime, reality TV and documentaries. 

 

3. If you were president of AKC for one day, what would you do? 

Initiate a plan to give more of a presence in the general public on the advantages of purebred-dog ownership as the tremendous rise in doodles and designer breeds continues to grow.  

 

4. Most valued material possession? 

My dogs. 

 

5. What is something no one would guess about you? 

My daughter Cheslie and I were part of the Texas EquuSearch Search & Rescue team during a high-profile missing-person case in Florida. We also attended the trial of the accused.   

 

6. Who would you compare yourself to? 

Since I am an only child, I am one of a kind. 

 

7. What are you “famous” for? 

Being the mother of my amazing daughter, Cheslie Pickett Smithey. 

 

8. What website do you visit most often? 

Amazon, with proof of deliveries daily! 

 

9. What was more memorable, your most satisfying win or disappointing defeat? And what was it?

Winning the Papillon Club of America national with GCh. Wildfire On the Record under Judge Randy Garren. Greta was handled by Larry Cornelius and co-owned with Nancy Shaw. 

 

10. What do you wish someone would ask you? 

“How do you pronounce your hometown of Chuluota?” (Choo-LI-O-Ta, or sounds like Chew-Lee-O-Ta.)

 

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