“They say beauty is only skin-deep, but Tanni has a gorgeous personality to match her looks.
You’d be very hard pushed to find a dog that’s more excited to see you in the mornings, more tolerant of tiny hands giving her sticky strokes, or more willing to snuggle up as close to you as she possibly can even when the rest of the sofa is available.
Tanni started out life in Ireland with the name “YourHalfCut”. She never officially raced, but was registered at a coursing meet in November 2018 then was found as a stray near Bradford in early 2019. What happened in between and how she arrived in Bradford, we don’t know, but we suspect her intense fear of fireworks (and backfiring cars!) is related to it.
After a pretty difficult start to her life, she was naturally very cautious when she first went to live in a real home. It took her a few days to get on the sofa, and it was months before she learned to climb stairs. It was when her boy pal Hugo was being encouraged up and downstairs using treats to help him with physio exercises after breaking his leg that she suddenly decided that maybe she could do stairs after all if it meant food, and sprinted up and down them before demanding her treats. She never had an issue with stairs again.
Seeing her roach for the first time was so rewarding and watching her face light up when she runs zoomies is the most incredible thing.
For a long time she showed very little interest in dog toys (child toys, on the other hand she has never minded destroying and chomping her way through if given half a chance. She went through almost an entire farm animal set one night when it hadn’t been put away on a high enough shelf) but when someone threw a ball for her recently she bounded after it before stopping and looking very confused as if to say “why did I do that? It was fun, but weird. Throw it again!”
Unfortunately, her years as a stray have compounded her thieving and scavenging tendencies and as a result absolutely no scrap of food is safe, as was discovered when she managed to find 3kg of fudge one Christmas and eat through two layers of cellophane, a layer of cardboard and a layer of greaseproof paper to get at it before eating the fudge itself. Cue one very sick dog, who upon being let back inside after being sick in the garden immediately went to the kitchen to try and find some more!
Her determination to get at food regardless of the consequences, and having eaten one too many unsuitable things over the years has caused her to develop a delicate stomach which can cause a lot of trouble if not carefully managed which has become increasingly problematic. For this reason, despite the fact that she loves them and is incredibly patient and tolerant with them, she isn’t suitable to live full-time with young children who wouldn’t understand the importance of making sure she doesn’t share their food. Older children who wouldn’t leave sweet biscuits or sugary snacks around, and know to shut cupboard doors shouldn’t be an issue.
Tanni is happy being left for short periods of a few hours and when her stomach is under control she rarely has any accidents in the house, however she is liable to chew and destroy things that have been left out if she is left alone very regularly as she gets bored quite easily.
She’s a sociable dog, walks beautifully on a lead and has never shown any signs of aggression towards humans or other dogs. She has a very strong prey-drive so is unlikely to be suitable to live with a cat.
She is a wonderful dog and deserves a kind, warm and loving home where she can be kept safe from her love of food.”