Tatty Oldbitt is an amorous, gin loving female Bassett hound who spends her life wandering from place to place and, each New Year, usually fetches up in Croynge and hangs out with Boot and B.H for a few weeks. She is deeply attracted to men in uniform, hence her nickname of "the Sailor's Friend", though in reality Tatty is attracted to pretty much anything male . She usually ends up going off with B.H.