Old Bones

Mollie is officially an old lady this month. She came home to us on 24th June 2004, and her age was estimated at between 2-5 years. This was not a helpful estimate, as you can imagine. Over the years we guessed that Mollie was at the top end of that scale when she reached us, and her teeth, eyes and bones have proved it to us since then.

All that means Mollie is 11 years old this year, and June seems as good a month as any for her to make the transition from 10 to 11.

She’s been limping slightly over the past couple of weeks, and upping her Yumove and resting her has only made a slight improvement. We popped her to the vets and the general assessment is just that Mol is an old lady, with old lady joints. To be more specific, one of her toes looks to have flattened out slightly, which means she’s walking flat on one paw instead of on her bouncy toes like she always has done. It’s probably a ligament or tendon that has stretched with age, and has reached a point now where she needs to walk differently. And her body hasn’t quite adjusted yet, so she’s occasionally limping.

Of course, nothing is going to stop her from running in Veterans this weekend at Midland Counties. Running Mollie in agility is just a unique experience. She tends to treat it as flyball, to be honest.