by Maureen Cooper » Thu 04 Aug 2005 6:00 pm
Tanna was not one of the great dogs but she was a very special dog to me and my family. She was my morning walk companion, the second mother to any puppies I had, jumping into the whelping box to help clean them and would nuture any pup I kept so they did not miss their littermates. She was a constant source of amusement to everyone in Gundog Working tests where her idea of a sit stay meant a bum wriggle forward as soon as I turned my back and then a perfect sit so when I turned to look at her it was as though she had not moved!
Like all my dogs she would spend her evenings in the house on the mat in front of the TV/fire and this winter her place was still there overnight until next morning when I was greeted with some gift in her mouth. She would be over the moon if I gave her a short retrieve when training the others. The mother of a show champion and retrieving champion from the same litter and other retrieving titled dogs, she epitomised the breed, loving, retrieve mad and a family dog. Goodbye, Tanna, 7.12.92 to 4.8.05.
Maureen
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