We have been very fortunate in having a meeting with the owner of Sonesta Cavaliers near Houston Texas a couple of weeks ago, after which we were offered the opportunity to take in a beautiful 6-year-old Tri Colored female who is just being retired from breeding. She is a sweetheart of a Cavalier, and even though we were NOT looking at bringing a new Cavalier into our family so soon, we decided it might be good for everyone in helping to fill a bit of the void left by our Juliet's departure.
We were originally doing research just to see about getting a Cavalier puppy sometime in 2016 and figuring out what we might have to do to prepare for that. After meeting with the owner of Sonesta Cavaliers (visiting with her for a long while one afternoon), she made us an offer to consider her 6-year-old Tri Color. I think that we all felt such good vibes from the meeting that the Sonesta Cavaliers owner was comfortable with us as being dog/family oriented and potentially a good fit for her Heidi.
A big part of our decision to say "yes" to this offer was based on my elderly mother-in-law and her dispirited state after losing Juliet, who was essentially her lap dog and frequent nap companion. After my wife and I discussed it for a couple of days, we decided to take in the Tri Color female (Heidi) on a trial basis to make sure she was comfortable in our home environment and that our other dogs (Brussels Griffon and Poodle) were comfortable with her.
Within a couple of days, it was apparent that Heidi would fit right in. She immediately bonded with my mother-in-law, and the two are now practically inseparable. All the dogs are getting along just fine together.
We are quite pleased with how this worked out. We consider this as close to an intentionally directed blessing as anything we could imagine. In the very least, it seems to be a matter of serendipity in our meeting the right person and the right time, and vice versa, such that all worked out to great mutual benefit. We were, perhaps, led to where we needed to be and to the person we needed to meet.
Here are some pics of our newest family member, Heidi.
And one with Mom and Heidi together.