Thought I would give you the story of one of my daughters dogs, Tadge,
she is a Boarder Collie age 13 yrs, loves her Agility, in 2002 she came second at the Finals at Olympia, by 300th of a second, she qualified the following year but did not make the final 8,

The end of June this year it was found she had a growth near her bladder, they could not operate and the vet said it was only a matter of time, he said anything from 3 days to 3 weeks before she would not be able to pee and then a decision would have to be made, well that was over 4 months ago, and she is still with us, still doing her agility,
we know when the time comes it will be hard, she does have trouble sometimes now, but if you could see her going over the jumps and also playing with her toys, you would think she is just a 'old' dog enjoying herself.

She's gorgeous Widget, just gorgeous. Looks so intelligent too.

She's a lovely dog Ann and I know she'll be greatly missed when the time comes. We lost our poor Lacey to bladder cancer

It's heartbreaking when they go. She won't know though, and she'll probably enjoy life to the last.........

Beautiful photo, Ann.
She is still happy, and enjoying herself - that is the main thing.

She sure is,

Love That Photo, Want to stroke that lovely nose.

Oh that is so sad. Such a beautiful dog.

To see her you would not think there is anything wrong with her, she just looks like a 13 yr old dog, but plays and races around like a 2 yr old.