You can go from playing with your dog one moment to suddenly feeling worried the next. It happens in an instant.

That was exactly how Susan and Gene Jaworowski felt when their dog, Bessie Smith, suddenly seemed lifeless.

At first, the couple thought they might have overexercised her, or that she had a weak heart.

No one guessed the truth behind Bessie’s behavior.

Meet Bessie, The Border Collie With A Personality

It was a beautiful day at the lake near their Fort Collins, Colorado home. Gene and Susan took Bessie out for a fun outing.

No, not the famous jazz musician. Their Bessie is a Border Collie mix, born to a purebred Border Collie mom and an unknown father.

Bessie and her littermates were all named after jazz legends and adopted from Bounce Animal Rescue Fort Collins several

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