New kid on the block

In just a few weeks Tana (pronounced Tanner) will touch down in New Zealand to join the Perfect Partners team.

Tana comes to us from Service Canines of Montana, and is a sponsored dog. Tana is extra special as he is a prison pup, so not only is he trained to help his new human partner, but he has also been part of the rehabilitation of a person in a US prison.

Tana has already shown alerting skills for his new handler by alerting to seizures. He has also proven to have some skill with other people - even though it wasn't clear what he was doing until afterwards. Tana was "bugging" a family member where he was staying, and it was only after he was pulled away that the rest of the family realised that Tana's new "friend" was suffering a major diabetic hypo.

There is already a picture of Tana on the register of dogs section of our website if you would like to check it out. He is an American Golden Retriever so he is a rich auburn colour rather than the gold or cream colour that most Kiwi's are used to, but he looks like a real charmer.