Five years ago I was on the Humane Society website when I found the most Beautiful Cavalier King Charles little boy. His name is Charlie, and he was about 7 months old then. A couple had purchased him and then was unable to take care of him, so they gave Charlie to the Humane Society. I rushed down to inquire how to purchase and most of all meet him. When they brought him into the room, Charlie walked around in a circle, then jumped into my lap and wrapped his arms around mine.It was Love at first sight. I was told that there was a waiting list and they had to call from the list first, and they would let me know the outcome the next Morning.That Tuesday morning, I could not wait any longer so I called The Humane Society and to my surprise I was told that he was being bathed and tattoo for me to bring home that afternoon. On January 28, 2002 was the beginning of our new life. One year later we decided to purchase another King Charles puppy for Charlie. My Charlie was starting to become a couch potato. I was out shopping one day when I walked into this Puppy store and fell in love with this little 5lb, 8 month old little Cavalier King Charles girl. The day I was to bring her home she had this terrible cough. The owners of the pet store told me that she had a mild case of Kennel Cough, and to continue giving her this medicine. I was told by the owner of the Puppy store that Kennel cough is common and not to worry. The next day I call the owner of the Pet store back to inform them that little Noel was getting worse. I took her to the Vet they use and I had to leave Noel there for the day. Noel needed to be on a respirator and oxygen. Her lungs were so full of mucus. Little Noel was a very sweet loving and Sassy girl. When she was 2 years old she started developing blood clots in her pulmonary artery. We were not aware of this until one night she was having very difficult time breathing, we rushed her to the animal hospital where she was kept alive in an oxygen bed. My little Noel was suffocating to death. X-ray’s were taken to find, that she had a large mass around her heart. She had to stay there until morning when her vet opened. We ended up rushing her from the after hour hospital to a local animal hospital where she had to stay for twelve days.

During her stay at the hospital they did echo-gram to find that she had a large blood clot in her pulmonary artery. She was stabilizing by taking several different medications, and Viagra. Yes, Viagra, this kept the blood flowing through her heart. For 3 months she was doing well. We thought she was overcoming this. Then, on January 4, 2007, when she came upstairs, she just fell over. She was having trouble breathing again. We rushed her to the Hospital they did everything they could to keep her alive. The Doctors at the hospital suggested that I come to visit her. They had to sedate her so she would not get too excited. When I went back to see her, her little body was in an incubator. She was being kept alive with respirator, IV's and oxygen. I put my hand through the opening to pet her, when she realized that I was there she raised her head up and put it in my hand. I stayed there with her for awhile. I got my hopes up that she was going to pull through. I left and went back home. 2 hours later I received a call telling me that she had died. Even though the pet store gave me papers stating she was a purebred, I was not able to register her. At the time, not being fully educated, I thought Puppy Stores were legitimate. My Precious little Noel really came from a “Puppy Mill”. My family's heart was broken. Noel had all of the Best Specialist taking care of her and we spared no cost, still we could not save her life. Because of our experience and loss I, we my husband Hank, and my son Michael decided to start breeding our line of Cavalier King Charles. We do not want anyone going through the heartache that we did, watching her die, and not able to help her. So, KC Cavaliers is in Noel's honor. And with that, may we put close another puppy mill! The puppy store where we purchased Noel has now been closed! People do not realize just exactly where their cute little puppy comes from. Puppy stores do not tell the truth. I am a victim of one.