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TIGGER MAKES NEW FRIEND, VIOLET NOT TOO HAPPY ABOUT IT
Staffy Watch polling reveals polarised views on whippet Willow the Baby
Keep your friends close and your brother’s friends who are your enemies even closer — that is Violet’s current mantra, as she navigates the shock arrival of a new pup on the block.
Willow the Baby, who the Staffies are understood to have met twice now, is a four month old whippet based in Richmond. Willow and Tigger have established an instant rapport, with the smaller dog extremely excited and eager to show off her zooming skills, and the older canine surprisingly tolerant of all the nipping. “Willow the Baby is my friend,” says Tigger the Dog.
However, new friends are silver and old friends gold when it comes to Violet, who is famously standoffish towards strangers and also people she has known her entire life. The little lady initially did not mind Willow, as she appreciated that Tigger was distracted and less likely to steal her sticks; however, ‘Princess’ now doesn’t like the attention she isn’t getting and wants to play tug of stick with Tigger like they used to and still do on every other walk.
“This [is] unacceptable,” Violet told this publication.
Staffy Watch polling shows how Willow’s arrival has been divisive amongst members of the Tigger and Violet community, though general support for the Baby is gradually increasing.
Tigger and Willow have recently been sighted publicly, making the most of Victoria’s currently-free public transport, as well as shopping at Woolworths (Violet purchases all her groceries from Dolce & Gabbana).
EDITOR’S NOTE: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Violet purchases her groceries from Balenciaga. The Spanish couturier is in fact Princess’ preferred veterinary care provider.
PUPS DRESS UP! (STAFFOWEEN SNEAK PEEK)
Tigger and Violet celebrate the spooky season in style (and give the scoop on how to serve scary chic)
Staffy Watchers have been shivering with anticipation in advance of 31 October, one of the most watched days in the staffy calendar. Now, Tigger and Violet are giving fans an early look at their 2025 Staffoween looks.
This year, Tigger the Dog is toe-tapping into his theatrical roots with a custom costume from the original 1993 Broadway production of Kander & Ebb’s musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, which has been adapted this year into a box office failure starring Jennifer Lopez. “Chita [Rivera, the original titular Spider Woman] was my friend,” says the Dog. “I liked when she danced. Kiss kiss.” (Tigger has an extensive background in dance, having trained in ballet at the Victorian College of Arts.)
Violet’s costume, however, came about by happenstance in response to more-recent showbiz news. Disney’s shocking decision to halt theatrical release of Steven Spielberg’s Sound of Music remake starring Violet as Maria von Trapp, due to the allegedly woke and divisive nature of its anti-Nazi politics, has prompted its Academy Award-nominated little leading lady to protest for freedom of speech against creeping corporate and neofascist censorship. “Like, why isn’t my movie in theatres or whatever,” asks Violet. “What’s up with that. So yeah, fuck Trump! I want my Oscar!”
It is understood that the experience has pushed Violet into progressive politics, with ‘Princess’ wearing her values on her sleeve, and on her placard, 24/7 – including on Staffoween. “No justice, no peace, no no Violet Oscar in these streets,” Ms Skinny is encouraging Violetinas to chant. (Tigger is currently choreographing a cool dance for protesters marching in solidarity with his sister.)
The pups have long celebrated Staffoween, with their costumes frequently ‘breaking the internet’. This year’s looks will likely continue that trend – though the staffys are unsure if they will be attending a party come Friday night. “We are sleepy,” Tigger and Violet confirmed in a statement to this publication.
DRESS UP DOs and DON’Ts
DO: Invest in lace fronts
Tigger says, “A bad wig makes me a sad dog.”
DON’T: Overthink it
Violet says, “My best [costume] ever was probably when I just went as a
pencil.” (The outfit, part of the pups’ referendum-inspired joint
ensemble, is now displayed at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.)
DO: Go specific
Tigger says, “It’s ok if some people don’t understand the reference for
your costume. What matters is that you feel comfortable and have fun!
Kiss kiss.”
DON’T: Dress up as Tigger and/or Violet
The staffys are notoriously litigious, and they will sue over
unauthorised use of their likeness.
PUPS: “EVERY MONTH IS PRIDE MONTH!”
Tigger and Violet swap clothes, reiterate their support for trans and gender diverse community at time of global rollback of queer rights
June may be over, but pride is 365.
That’s the message Tigger and Violet communicated today as they stepped out for their morning walk wearing one another’s winter coats, in what LGBTI+ groups and community members are calling a powerful public display of allyship.
Tigger was spotted in Violet’s starred patent red, with cow print collar, while Violet donned Tigger’s camo print and faux-sheep skin. Early social media reactions suggested that Violet was in fact with her gay intern Tiggawr, due to the appearance of a ‘crop top’. However, it has since been verified that Tigger merely has a longer torso than the coat’s original, skinnier owner.
Tigger the Dog told Hagazine that he came up with the idea to ‘cross dress’ with his sister after reading Judith Butler’s 1990 post-structuralist classic Gender Trouble, which posits that gender is a construct, performed through conventions such as dress. “The rainbow community is my friend,” says the Dog. “Kiss kiss!”
Tigger, who is a sad dog, has expressed particular concern about anti-trans rhetoric being disingenuously framed as a feminist position, and hopes this morning’s protest will remind Victorians of pride’s roots in radical action, particularly given a state election is to be held at the end of 2026.
The English staffies’ walk was largely on-lead, though they were allowed to run free, albeit under supervision, on Port Melbourne Beach. “It’s a metaphor for how pride frees us all, or whatever,” says Violet, who enjoyed an oceanside game of catch with a stick.
Tigger and Violet’s walk concluded at the Avenue Bookstore, where Tigger ordered a copy of Stag Party, US author Torey Peters’ follow-up to her acclaimed debut novel Detransition, Baby. Violet went home empty-handed, with the little lady confirming in a written statement that she does not read, as she is “not a nerd Ha Ha Ha”.