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Patrick was pointed out as the most mellow of a litter of Shetland Sheepdog puppies on the morning of June 27, 2003. He came home to my house and was so tiny and cute. Everyone loves puppies. Everyone except Peter. Anyway, eventually Patrick grew to be bigger than Peter. At that point he had to learn to respect age as well as claws.

For  while, because Mary & Daniel visited relatives, went on a honeymoon and hunted for an apartment, Patrick labored under the illusion that he was my dog. It made him kind of sad, because you could see him noticing that Daniel was much more fun. But things might have been worse, I gave him lots of treats. He liked that.

But eventually Mary & Daniel moved to Seattle and, wonder of wonders, took him to live there too. Yes!!! And he got to take the nice cat, Heidi, with him. Oh, he is a happy, happy dog.

Well, pretty happy. The people don't stay where he puts them, and the cat doesn't seem to realize that she's supposed do that too (sometimes he has to put her in his mouth to convince her). They are all very troublesome. And sometimes there are more people. He likes that. But then they leave. It is hard work being the one in charge, but someone has to do it. None of them seem to know how to be organized and behave properly.

Patrick's herd has gown to include two cats, Heidi and Theresa, and another dog - his troublesome sister and sidekick, Trudy. The young'uns take a lot of training.