Breed: Nova Scotia Duck Retriever, CKC reg as Bernache’s Reddy Tucker Age: 8 (birthday is May 11th) Flyball status / best time: In Training Titles: "Awesome Dog" Other sports and hobbies: Chasing squirrels; mooching food; likes to play hide and retrieve toys for goodies; loves camping with his dog buddies and loves gamboling in the snow in winter. Tucker is also a member of Fast and Furious agility team and Krazy Kanines Dog Sports Club. Ambition: To become a Therapy Dog Nicknames: Tuckerboy, Tuck-Tuck Favourite snack: Peanut butter in any form and peanuts in the shell - he cracks them open daintily - unlike the rest of the time when he ‘tucks’ into his food Quirky habit: Lying on the couch his four feet in the air - a real couch potato; pushing off anyone else who happens to be on his couch Favourite toy: A MacDonald’s ‘Babe’ the pig stuffed toy -- it has amazing durability, this toy Guardian: Claire-Marie
Tucker seemed like an original name to us first-time dog owners. Now we know better, we have met a lot of Tucker dogs. Actually we named him after a traditional Aussie poem about the Dog on a Tucker Box. ‘Tucker’ in Aussie means food - so our pooch is aptly named. The poem in question is about drovers and bullock team drivers who passed the time telling stories around the campfire while their dogs kept guard by the tucker (food) box.