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Fighter, monk or even rogue would be awesome. check the cavalier build guides and don't forget boon companion.
Maybe even magus...
That's a tough situation, I'll be honest. 14/14/14/10/10/14 is just hard to work with.
You can't go monk or oracle, you don't have WIS, I doubt monk would fit the flavor of her character anyway. I suppose I would suggest a Lore Warden, and 14s in physical stats will at least do something good for you. Your extra feats will be a benefit to you.
My other suggestion is barbarian. +4 to Str and +4 con would go a long way towards beefing up her somewhat mediocre stats. The Extra Rage feat would be quite helpful as well, because you'd be able to rage for longer as you will be lacking a lot of barbarian class levels. Definitely grab raging vitality as well, then your stats during a rage are +4str/+6 con. Required.
Would not recommend maneuvers as a general strategy. That is something you really need to build your character around from the ground up, and even so, it has only fair results. Lore Warden is still great though, because of extra skill points.
Oh, and there's a rage power that lets your mount rage as well. Okay I would *definitely* go barbarian! Your feats will be raging vitality and extra rage. Ferocious Mount for your rage power. Look into Boon Companion later down the line and your usual combat feats like power attack.
Yeah, a 4-level dip in cavalier can be quite useful, seeing as the "horse master" feet lets you keep all mount progression at character level rather than class level.
It might depend greatly on what kind of character she wants to be playing, but what's her backstory? There are a TON of cool PrCs that can work well with cavalier. However, the DM utilimately chooses what PrCs are allowed.
I would reccomend Golden Legionnaires (good at defending/buffing allies), Mammoth Rider (maybe you can find someone to enlarge her wolf).
However, this might be a long-term thing if you choose PrCs. But what's nice about PrCs is that it allows you to multiclass a bit without too much loss (since you're working towards the PrC, and not the class's capstone ability).
Dont be afraid to take a few levels of fighter, or rogue, or anything else while working towards a PrC. Some DMs even lessen the PrC requirement when it fits the roleplay. PrCs will let you limit the "loss" of 4 levels, since they are on a base of 10 (rather than 20). I've made a few builds myself along those lines (IE, 4 levels of cavalier, X of something else, then prestige).
Stats so heavily balanced are VERY hard to play with sometimes. I would reccomend to:
a) Decide what direction is to be chosen for the future
b) Based on that direction, choose the best stat
Good luck bender, and I hope your wife can have fun with the character again.
Go mammoth rider prc! Battle Herald until 10 (but Evangelist cleric instead of bard) and then into the prc to have a nice mount!
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This is a hard question to answer, as you haven't really said precisely what the problem with the cavalier is. A cavalier doesn't have to be tied to their mount. A problem is that it's not the cavalier class that makes the non-mounted cavalier look weaker compared to other martial classes, it's the strength of 14. When you fight on foot, make sure you get your wolf into the fight as well, and you should do well as a team.
If you stick it out to Cavalier 5, you can pick up Wheeling Charge, which fixes many of the problems associated with Charging. Also, if you give your mount IUS & Dragon Style you can charge over difficult terrain.
Or you could retrain all your levels into Paladin as your charisma is not too bad. I wouldn't try to go full caster with a mental stat of only 14.
Alternatively, just ask your DM to allow you to alter the stats, or race.