Yes, Taggart wasn't planned at all A friend of mine simply kidnapped him, since her mothers neighbors, who were the ones who had him before, kept him on a short leash outside 24/7 and whenever he managed to break the leash he ended up at her mothers house, begging for food.
So yeah. That one day she was visiting, she had simply had enough and smuggled him into her car. She couldn't keep him at her house because her own dog doesn't get along with other dogs, so she called me and the plan was that I would keep him until we found a suitable home for him. But as you can see... he never went anywhere