Kate& BEANIE

Kate has been a teacher for many years and has taught thousands of children and teenagers on the Island (alot of you probably recognize her as Miss Howell). When Kate decided to move away from the classroom and took her teaching to the mat, she took Beanie with her.

Beanie loves attending yoga and is definitely the down-dog of the class. She’s become Kate’s yoga mascot and loves keeping people company on the mat. She’s a kind dog and shares her love around, often mat-hopping mid-class, occasionally choosing one to sit on to take a quick Shavasana. Zen pup!

Kate’s yoga group often swims at the Lido after classes, and if it’s warm enough, Beanie may occasionally brave the water. But really she prefers to sit and guard, watching her gals swim while daydreaming about getting back to her sofa.

Beanie Profile

Breed: They call her the Heinz 57 variety dog.

Age: 14-ish though she’s young at heart.

Reason for name: We didn’t name her, but she’s small and brown like a coffee bean, so she adopted the name Beanie - although it’s almost like she was destined to be a Jersey Bean!

How did she come into your life: She was found in Cardiff, and passed from my sisterin-law to my mother, and then me. The family jokes about her being the Timeshare dog! But there’s no way I would have rehomed her.

Pet Peeves: Hates the hoover, hates the black and white cat in the neighbourhood, and absolutely hates her bright pink mermaid life jacket (complete with mermaid tail). She sits in humiliation with her back to us every time we put it on her.

Pet Love: Cheese, peanut butter, relaxing, and squishing herself between the sofa cushions while binging Ozark on Netflix.

The naughtiest thing she’s done: Her Terry’s Chocolate Orange experience. She snuffled it out of a bag under the Christmas tree and ate the entire thing, wrapper and all. Which is about the size of her head! It ended with a house full of sick, and a threenight stay over at the vet where she had her stomach pumped, and probably funded the vet’s Christmas party!

Bean is the Queen of Gorey and lets any other passing dogs know who she is. When on the lead, Beanie is the boss. You don’t lead her, she leads you, and her little trot is surprisingly pacey. She takes a lot of walks for an old gal, but when she’s had enough of that, she’ll take the front passenger seat in the Mini. With her paws on the dash, she takes in the views and makes sure that Kate is going the right way. Kate’s daughter Evie, jokes (or not) that she’s the second favourite child to Beanie, but understands that it really is hard to compete with such a little icon.

Best Friends:

Beanie prefers humans to other dogs except for her boyfriends - Alfie and Rocco!

Favourite Yoga pose:

Shavasana; always the sleepy bit at the end that she sometimes likes to do all class long. You can find Kate’s Yoga online at “Yoga with Kate” or at the Ommaroo Hotel where her classes are held. Of course, Beanie will be there too.