Thank you all, she really is a spectacular dog. She had us all fooled too, that weight was slowing her down by a lot. When I got her she was turning 10 (birthday was told to be around the first of march) and so slow and lazy you'd never expect the crazy energy and drive. I figured i would drop some of weight and rehome home her for a shortened life. My parents fell in love with the ease of her and boy were they overwhelmed when the weight kept dropping. Denis says the previous owners probably fattened her up to slow her down. lol As the weight dropped her energy level sky rocketed and my parents would find her pulling down plants (probably my spring pole work transferring, oops!) and swimming at all hours. Eventually when my dad fell ill I took her back and never looked back. Aside from the fact she has a bad knee she would have made a pretty cool sport dog and she has made a fun dock diver.
For her birthday we're doing a barn hunt in two weeks.
I will always have an oldie because of her, it's really opened up a new love that I can't imagine being without.