No worries....I just brokered the deal...it was Mr. Berry who stepped forward, so any gratitude should be expressed to him for his assistance. Just another shining example of networking via FRN....professionals helping professionals...
A suggestion: I would go ahead and get her/him ? now, and be sending her to whatever school she/he needs so when Christmas comes, She/he will already be trained. There is also the chance that Murphy's Law will intervene and you'll miss acquiring the animal...family changes its mind, a closer person wants it, animal runs away, yadda yadda yadda...
If it were a fugitive you were hunting, you wouldn't wait that long for the same reasons right ? Missing the opportunity ? Well same kinds of things can happen here...and in my world they usually do....lol