A REBELLIOUS guide dog that had to retire early is now loving life as a pampered pet after being rehomed. Victoria, a four-year-old black Labrador, worked for two years to support Frankie Tipton, who works as a diversity and inclusion co-ordinator at Thames Water. She would accompany Mr Tipton to the firm's headquarters in Reading, but would often wander off and eat food from bags under desks or stop dead in the middle of the street for no reason. On one occasion, she almost made Mr Tipton step off a railway platform after being distracted by another dog. Guide Dogs attempted to retrain Victoria and improve her behaviour but she eventually had to retire as she was not enjoying working life.