Youth and Experience

The youngest and the oldest of my 'gang of 5'.
Sprite is 6 months, Bess is 164 months ( that's 13 years and 8 months !) Bess has always looked older than she is because she always had some white in her coat but now her face is really looking more grey than black. She sleeps a lot, walks quite slowly on the lead - but still chases her ball when let off it!
Nothing much wrong with her hearing either - she can hear her dish being picked up from two rooms away and is there before the food hits it!