AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR
Patricia logs over 800 hours per year as a seminar
instructor and level II certified dog trainer for one of the
leading pet organizations of North America. Her classes
range from puppy level to advanced, including trick
training, therapy partnering, and private instruction. She
focuses on interspecies communication so that dogs and
their people can better understand one another to achieve
a more productive and harmonious partnership.
Patricia has co-authored several books as a short story
writer for adult anthologies, and as an illustrator for
children’s anthologies, educational workbooks, and
picture books.
She also spent many years as an instructional designer
and business writer, for two of Canada’s prominent
financial service organizations.
Wild orphans frequently show up on my doorstep, oddly,
through well-meaning neighbors and colleagues, who
don’t know where else to turn. I take in the wild babies,
feed them and wean them, watching the incredible
transformations from completely dependant infants, to
capable creatures with a keen instinct for survival and an
indomitable drive to be free. Top left is Quackers, mid-
molt, who spent a weekend in my tub before his release at
a nearby bird sanctuary.
Bottom left is Freddie, orphaned as a baby in late
September and who spent a winter with me, lodging in an
old coat in my master bath. There were many others each
having left their indelible mark on my own life story.
Below is Earl, a crayfish who hitched a ride in a shipment of
goldfish and because it was hard to find a tank to safely
house him given his food preferences (aquatic plants and
slow moving fish), I adopted him.
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AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR
Patricia logs over 800 hours per year as a seminar
instructor and level II certified dog trainer for one of
the leading pet organizations of North America. Her
classes range from puppy level to advanced,
including trick training, therapy partnering, and
private instruction. She focuses on interspecies
communication so that dogs and their people can
better understand one another to achieve a more
productive and harmonious partnership.
Patricia has co-authored several books as a short
story writer for adult anthologies, and as an
illustrator for children’s anthologies, educational
workbooks, and picture books.
She also spent many years as an instructional
designer and business writer, for two of Canada’s
prominent financial service organizations.
Wild orphans frequently
show up on my doorstep,
oddly, through well-
meaning neighbors and
colleagues, who don’t
know where else to turn. I
take in the wild babies,
feed them and wean them,
watching the incredible
transformations from
completely dependant
infants, to capable
creatures with a keen instinct for survival and an
indomitable drive to be free. Top left is Quackers,
mid-molt, who spent a weekend in my tub before
his release at a nearby bird sanctuary.
Bottom left is Freddie, orphaned as a baby in late
September and who spent a winter with me,
lodging in an old coat in my master bath. There
were many others each having left their indelible
mark on my own life story.
Below is Earl, a crayfish who hitched a ride in a
shipment of goldfish and because it was hard to
find a tank to safely house him given his food
preferences (aquatic plants and slow moving fish),
I adopted him.
