Nature of a Patronus / Snape's Patronus

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 153317

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sbursztynski" 
<greatraven at ...> wrote:
> 
> 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. 

Tonks:
>From one of the iterview:

MA: What's Ron's Patronus?

JKR: Ron's Patronus? Have I never said that either? Oh no, that's 
shocking! [Laughter.] Ron's Patronus is a small dog, like a Jack 
Russell, and that's a really sentimental choice, because we've got a 
Jack Russell. He's insane.