Tanner was born and raised in Thomson, Ga. He grew up always visiting the clinic to watch surgeries and to learn anything he could. This sparked a passion at an early age for learning about wildlife. Tanner began working at Thomson McDuffie Animal Hospital in 2015 and is now looking at schools and opportunities to pursue that passion. He currently has one dog, a Siberian Husky named “Finn’, that unfortunately is as hard-headed as her owner [citation].