Tia's Page

Tia Maria

My pedigree name was Gaiety/Gayety, but the family call me Tia.

I think I was born about January 2002

I was bought as a companion dog for Bailey, who sadly died in an accident..

Mistress replied to an advert for Whippet puppies in the local newspaper.

The lady said the puppies were all gone, but she wanted to sell me !

(I think she was moving from the Rayleigh/Thundersley area, and couldn’t have pets in her new home).  Mistress paid £70, and was going to pay the rest when she received my pedigree which was being posted to her….The pedigree never arrived, which is a shame, because we would all be very interested in my history.

I can run very fast indeed, and I can turn on a sixpence. Mistress was talking to a lady from www.freewebs.com/fideliswhippets who said whippets can run at 25mph !    -  Mind you, I don’t run for long, and I won’t fetch a stick unless I think Tippi wants it.

I am a quiet dog and I only bark at strangers. I  prefer to be indoors most of the time, and you are certainly not going to catch me getting dirty or swimming !

However, I am very interested in the rats, but not for the same reason as my mistress. - I know I can’t have the ones in cages, but you ratties better watch out if you are ever out on the floor…!