Of course it sometimes crossed my mind ... suppose Claudia gets puppies ... When we all agreed on a fourth sheltie I told Carol of my dearest wish ... a blue baby bitch from Claudia ...

On April 16th, 2004, Carol mailed us that Claudia had given birth to three girls: one tri colour and two blue merles. 
Waauw! We'd already decided on a name for our future bitch: KIARA. Kiara is, just like Simba, Timon and Rafiki, a character from the movie 'The Lion King' and means 'bright spot in the dark'.

The funniest thing was that the lady who would also get a puppy from this litter liked the name Kiara too, but thought that Cara would be easier. So with two names so similar Carol decided to call the third puppy Cara too. So from this moment on it were the three 'Cara's'.

The date of arrival was planned on  August 20th. After a sleepless night and worrying how Kiara would get through the 24hours flight we arrived at Schiphol Airport. It was so great meeting the girl we 'knew' till then from photos. What a beauty and what a super outgoing temperament. Great!