Yeah my boyfriend has similar issues with his cat and Kira. Luckily for the cat but unfortunatly for him Kira doesn't live with him as he got her with an ex and when they split up Kira went with her. He has her over every week though and gets to take her on massive runs and she LOVES it. Even picked up a lovely habbit of rolling in cow dung lol
If you let Lolas hair grow just be careful with the grooming, they have a drop down coat like Shih Tzus so it gets knots and tats pretty easy. Poor Kira doesnt get a lot of grooming when she isn't with her dad and some of the knots she gets are just terrible. My boyf spends hours after her run trying to get as many knots out as he can and usually has to cut them out.
She just loves life though and is far too concerned with playing and loving people to give them a second thought. they really do have fantastic temprements. Please try and show some pics of your new girl i would love to see what she looks like
Sharon and Charlie