Nature of a Patronus / Snape's Patronus

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No: HPFGUIDX 153315

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Megan" <megs0124 at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ceridwen" <ceridwennight@>
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> > Potioncat:
> > > If we could only figure out what the heck a JR Terrior would
> > > represent!
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> > Ceridwen:
> > A friend of mine has a JRT. The dogette stands up to everybody and
> > everything. She has gone after dogs much larger than herself for an
> > affront to her dogly dignity. When she gets something in her craw,
> > she's on it and she doesn't let it go. Words I would use to describe
> > my friend's JRT: Tenacious, loyal, fearless, single-minded.
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> > If JKR got the idea for a JRT for Ron from knowing a JRT, perhaps we
> > don't need to look as far as mythology or legend to find out what it
> > would represent.
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> > Ceridwen.
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> Megan writes:
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> I agree. Ron has always been at the bottom at the totem-pole of his
> family. Being the youngest (male), he has all his brothers
> accomplishments and achievements pushing down on him and making it
> sometimes hard to notice. JRT are small dogs and can be forgotten in the
> large amount of other larger dogs. Ron has had to "bark himself to
> death" to be known  and recognized. He is loyal to his friends and has
> proved himself fearless in many situations. He just has to be a little
> extra loud (and sometimes annoying as smaller dogs can sometimes be-
> think Ron + Lav-Lav) to get noticed by others.

Sue:
Er - have I missed something here? Is there some mention about a Patronus for Ron 
anywhere in the books that I have missed? The only mention I can remember of a JRT is a 
creature in the Magical Creatures exam in which the animal looks exactly like one except 
for the tail. Sorry, this is what happens when you pick up a thread you haven't seen the 
beginning of. :-)

I used to have one, BTW - she attacked a German Shepherd about two weeks before she 
died at the grand old age of 16 years. Jack Rusells are brave, intelligent and loving. Does 
this help in the discussion?
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