To understand Sydney Sweeneys love for Tank, you first need to understand Sydney Sweeneys great-grandmother.
Her great-grandmother loved dogs so much that she owned eight.
One weekend, she brought a 17-year-old Sydney with her.
Sydney Sweeney’s dog, Tank, in her Los Angeles pool.
The teenager saw a female pitbull-mix puppyno more than four weeks oldin a cage.
Her stomach was an angry red mess of infected stitches.
She had been fixed at a really young agelike, two and a half, three weeks old.
Tank poses in Sydney Sweeney’s vintage red Bronco.
Youre not supposed to do it that young, Sydney says.
The staff told her they werent sure if shed live.
Sydney was heartbroken, and also under lax supervision: Her great-grandmother told her to go for it.
Tank outside Sweeney’s home in Los Angeles. TheEuphoriaactor tellsVoguethat it was her dream to get Tank a home with a backyard.
So she adopted the dog, drove home to Los Angeles, and surprised her parents.
They immediately grounded her.
So thats exactly what she named her.
Sweeney first adopted Tank as a puppy back when she was in high school. Sometimes, she’d even bring her to class.
From that moment on, Tank went with Sydney everywhere.
Tank poses in Sydney Sweeney’s vintage red Bronco.
Tank thrives on set: She will literally lay under the camera and not move, Sweeney says.
Photographed by Daria Kobayashi Ritch
The moment we call action, she stops moving and doesnt make a sound.
Then you call cut and then she gets up.
Shed hang out in Sydneys trailer or run around theEuphoriaback lot with Jacob Elordis golden retriever, Layla.
Tank accompanies Sweeney on everything from hikes to the sets of her movies.
Sometimes shed even watch her human film a scene.
(Tank thrived here too: She will literally lay under the camera and not move, she says.
The moment we call action, she stops moving and doesnt make a sound.
Then you call cut and then she gets up.
Was Tank able to understand her owner had become famous?
At first, Sweeney says she doesnt think so.
But then she pauses.
Maybe she knows it because she got a backyard?
Since they lived in an apartment, she explains, Tank didnt have one for awhile.
Five years ago, the actor bought her own first home in Los Angeles.
Tank took off running the moment she hit the grass.
Tank, I did this for you!
This is your backyard!
That was the most fulfilling moment of my life, she says.
Below, Sweeney and Tank answerVogues Dogue questionnaire.
Tank outside Sweeney’s home in Los Angeles.
TheEuphoriaactor tellsVoguethat it was her dream to get Tank a home with a backyard.
Sweeney first adopted Tank as a puppy back when she was in high school.
Sometimes, she’d even bring her to class.
Sydney
If you could tell your dog one thing, what would it be?
For her to know how much I love her.
What is the most human thing your dog does?
I spoon her on my right side.
Do you have any nicknames for Tank?
My mom was kind of mad at me for naming her Tank.
She said everybodys going to be confused and think that its a boy dog.
So my mom had nicknames like Tanky or Tankerella.
I say Tankster sometimes, and Mama Bear.
Is there one place you wish you could take your dog?
A tropical rainforest or something that just has a lot of smells.
She likes to sniff everything.
So I feel like a tropical rainforest would have a lot of smells for her.
Tank
What is your full name?
Tank and her owner together on the couch.
Sweeney and Tank played together during theirDogueshoot.
My crazy cat stuffed animal that I stole from my Uncle Trent.
Thinking I can catch the squirrel.
Tank accompanies Sweeney on everything from hikes to the sets of her movies.
I like taking naps under blanketshead and nose covered too!
If you could talk, what would your catchphrase be?
I wanna come with you!
