Tane' Mahuta
Tane' Tane' Mahutah. Pronounced "tawn-ay". Named by Sandra his owner. Tane' is 'boy' in the native New Zealand tongue. Boy is Monty's nick-name. Sandra has had a long love affair with Monty, Tane's sire. He is not my dog. It was circumstance that Monty stopped by when my young dog Val was receptive on his way to the National Finals in Klamath Falls. It was my first litter of pups. Val is a nice Helsley bred dog whom I was starting the learning curve with at the time. Tane' was delivered in my master bathroom. This picture I snapped and sent to Sandra to let her know that her Monty had arrived. Sandra and Tane' started their working relationship right away. If I would have put forth a tiny bit of effort, I think his ears would have been pricked. But we didn't care. The goal for Tane' was to be a work/ranch dog. It was never to be a trial dog.