Bea came to be a peace-maker. Luckily it worked. Not only was she going to be a mate for Khan, she was going to be my agility dog. How wrong can you be? At about eight months I had a feeling that something wasn't quite right with Bea's legs. I had her x-rayed at thirteen months and found out that she had no ball joint in her right hind leg.
The options were to either have her operated on and cage her for a fair while, which may or may not have been successful, or leave her as it was and see how she went. The vet said that without the operation by the time she got to three she would be full of arthritis and would have difficulty walking. I decided against the operation and said that she could have three years of doing just as she liked when she liked.
Obviously, agility was out of the question, so we tried obedience but left turns were a problem to her so we gave that up also.
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At the age of two Bea developed Pancreatitis and Colitis. She lost so much weight that she weighed only 15kg at her worst. Again the vet wasn't too hopeful that she'd pull through. Bea, however had other ideas. For the last twelve years Bea has been doing things her way. If she wants to come for a run she does, but now days she usually just comes for a wander around the garden. Her legs have started to be a problem to her (her brain still goes as fast as it did but her legs can't keep up!) She'll be fourteen in april and hopefully she'll still be doing 'just as she likes' for a while to come yet.
I'm afraid that after a long fight against her legs, they finally won.
Bea went to find Khan on Friday 19th May 2006.
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Bea For fourteen years you've shared my life and how quickly they've flown by, Author: Debbie Back
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