Tan is our 'wild child'! A complete and utter loony, she is always tearing around. She has so much enthusiasm for everything, and is the happiest dog I know, she just loves everyone and everything! She was the last of a litter of four pups, and the one I would have picked anyway, good fortune for both of us! She is a bit of a mad dog, but we wouldn't change a thing about her.
Tan is quite small (just about 18"), however, no-one who knows her ever thinks of her as a 'little' dog, somehow she seems bigger than average.....
I love competing with Tan even though I never quite know what will happen when I start her off. Will she take any notice of me today or not? This is always the question! She never means to mis-behave, but agility is so exciting and she just forgets to be good sometimes!
Tan competes at grade 7, she has won over 40 classes since winning into 'Senior' aged 2, including two Olympia Semi-Finals at The Royal Show, in 2004 and 2005.
She also has a reserve Agility CC - thus giving our spayed WSD a Kennel Club Stud Book Number!
She has passed her Kennel Club Gold Good Citizen test too.
She has suffered two rather severe injuries, one to her front left leg, requiring an op on her wrist, the other to her left cruciate, so she competes only occasionally. Many classes she is entered in we just don't run, it depends on the course, the weather and the ground conditions, if all are ok, she can play!
However, she still does pretty well when she is allowed a try!
Tan is now recovering from cruciate surgery, it is highly unlikely that she will be able to compete again, the sort of dog she is could never 'take it carefully', so for her own safety we decided to stop now!
She does have several other 'hobbys' - 'watching the rabbits', and 'watching the fish' - both require intense concentration and quite a lot of wobbling on the spot, and 'looking for squirrels' is a favourite past-time! Not forgetting, she thoroughly enjoys watching the other dogs doing agility too - for Tantan agility is very much a 'spectators sport'! Wonder if we can teach her to put her paw up for a 5f..........
