Ukraine talks · Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Europe gets a seat at the talks – the Cavalier also owes its comeback to an American
Der Hündeler, Edition of Friday, 13 November 2026
What happened
US negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have travelled from talks in Moscow to Dublin bearing announcements. Europeans are to take part in future negotiations on the war in Ukraine. Ukraine’s President Zelensky welcomed the move, saying it makes sense for European leaders to be involved as Ukraine hopes eventually to join the EU. At the Dublin summit, Luxembourg’s prime minister Luc Frieden is representing all three Benelux countries, his Belgian and Dutch counterparts being kept at home by domestic crises.
What does this mean for your Cavalier?
The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel knows what it is to have an American decide that Europeans should be brought back in. In the 1920s the American Roswell Eldridge offered prize money at Crufts for spaniels resembling those in the old court paintings. Only then did the breed return. It has since perfected its own negotiating technique: no barking, no shoving, simply sitting nearby and gazing until somebody shifts over. One delegate speaking for three is familiar to it from the sofa, where whoever lies down first represents the entire household. For the living room, the decision changes nothing.
What you can do now: Leave one corner of the sofa free this evening. The Cavalier will occupy it politely, and permanently.