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We have a wonderful pair of photos
to share with you, sent to us by Ms. Harriet Held, of Los Angeles. As she said, see if you can tell which is the
real Blenheim Cavalier King Charles Spaniel!

Below you'll also find Ms. Held's
charming story about the breed. And links to the Cavalier Club and Rescue Site, where you, too, can
find one of these outstanding furry blessings.

From Ms. Held:
While I am partial to Phoebe, and
she is the neighborhood favorite dog, like Will Rogers who never met a man
he did not like, I have never met a Cavalier that did not have a wonderful,
loving temperament.
By the way, they are working dogs. Cavaliers were bred not only as
aristocratic bed warmers, but to kill ferrets in the palace, and I can
assure you that my home is ferret-free.
Cavaliers were the dog of choice of King Charles II, hence the name. When
Mary Queen of Scots was about to be beheaded, she hid her two dogs under her
skirts; with those hip bolsters she could have hidden more. As the story
goes, and as depicted in a Victorian painting, her dogs refused to leave the
body after the Queen was dispatched. The story is told as an anecdote about
the loyalty of the breed.
Here is the link to the Cavalier rescue site:
http://www.luckystarcavalierrescue.org
You can also go the Cavalier Club, about which Ms. Held said, "I lucked out and got Phoebe from their puppies for sale listing":
http://www.ckcsc.org
For a young friend (8 years old)
of Ms. Held's thoughts on
Phoebe, click the link to Sarah B's Ode:
Postscript from Ina: A fond adieu
We are sad to say that Phoebe's
owner was struck down by an incurable illness during the summer, 2007. A
concerned friend, Patrick Mooney, contacted me to let us know, and to enlist
our aid at Pawprints in finding a home for the wonderful Phoebe. The
terrific news is that a perfect home was found in very short order. In
addition to Mr. Mooney, many people were responsible for helping achieve
this goal, including Judy Tyler, big hearted rescue networker and dog lover, estate
executors Robbie and Ruth, friends of the new owner Jackie and Diana, and of
course Phoebe's happy new mom Paula.
For more about the story,
including the joys of adopting, click this button:

A note about Harriet from a good friend...
Harriett's lovely soul was visible through Phoebe's
beautiful brown eyes and loving personality. Harriett will be missed, as will
little Phoebe, who truly was, as Harriett wrote, the "toast of the
neighborhood." This e-mail is sent to memorialize a loving woman who gave her
heart and soul to her Phoebe.
Shelli Sloan
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