TJ - which originally stood for Timmy Junior, until as a six week old puppy one of his brothers or sisters (we never did get a confession) actually bit his tail and it ended up having to be amputated, which in some ways makes him the perfect Labrador, as he doesn't have a tail to knock cups of coffee over with!

TJ was born out of a litter from Ridgeway with the sire being Timmy and the dam being Mel.  Timmy has now moved on to live with Helen's parents after the sad loss of their dog Suzy earlier this year in 2008 so he is now being a therapeutic Labrador, a job which he absolutely loves!

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