Tasha was a pound puppie who came to the Light family five years ago when she was 8 months old. A friend had adopted her but could not keep her and offered her to them.

Aaron Light and his sister Alex spend a lot of time with Tasha who is a pure bred Rottweiler. Their parents Renee and Chris Light also look after Tasha with most of the walking duties going to Renee. "She's just the most loving dog, she loves everyone," said Renee, and when we leave the door open and she lays on the porch, she doesn't leave. She's just a big old happy girl."

Tasha likes to open doors by nudging them with her nose (she hasn't mastered doorknobs), and she's a good guard dog.
While her normal diet is Pedigree dogfood Chris added that Tasha will, "eat anything a person would eat," and her number one treat is Milkbones dog biscuits.

There are three words she knows the meaning of, (an early attempt at training did not go so well, she still won't roll over), and they are "walk, play and food."

But according to Aaron she knows how to play "rug." What's that?

"She will lay in the doorway of the kitchen," explained Alex, " and stretch out like a rug, and wait until someone drops some food."
She does this on a regular basis so Renee said, " I walk around her when I'm cooking and she will lay there like she's a rug and she thinks she's invisible and wait until some food drops."

Aaron said, "She's kind of like a three in one dog, "She'll eat anything you drop, she'll play a rug, and she'll be all nice and lovey."

Being like a rug may make it seem like Tasha is completely passive. Not true. The family used to have another dog and when he misbehaved, Tasha would take him outside and "take him down" Alex said, meaning she would discipline him.

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