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Petectives Profiles #3: Duke

History: Duke served for five years as a police dog until he was forced to retire due to injury. During his career he received multiple medals for bravery. He is now the pet of Deputy Bishop. However instead of retiring to a life of rawhide bones and daily walks, Duke has organized three other dogs into the Dog Patrol. The Dog Patrol functions as an animal law enforcement agency for the neighborhood, making sure that the community's animals are safe from crime and chaos. Duke knows that he can handle most problems that come up but when things get complicated he unfortunately needs Yoshi and Gatsby. While Duke can force himself to tolerate Gatsby's recklessness and jokes, he finds it difficult to deal with Yoshi's condescending attitude.

• Breed: German Shepard

• "Four Temperaments" personality type: Choleric

• Duke is 7 years old. He's colored black and tan and weighs 85 pounds. He's disciplined, brave, intelligent, honorable and gruff.

• Easily annoyed by smart mouthed cats that don't follow his orders.

• Avid TV watcher – Duke's favorite show is 'The Littlest Hobo', a show about a hyper-intelligent German Shepherd who travels from town to town helping people and catching criminals.

• Duke has a gruff demeanor but he's mostly friendly with Gatsby. Duke is not so friendly with Yoshi – he finds him to be arrogant and pretentious. Duke and Yoshi do have a history of working together before Gatsby was born and they both have a deeply hidden mutual respect for one another.

• Duke respects Yoshi's intelligence and Gatsby's bravery and would love for them to join the Dog Patrol but all three of them realize that cats wouldn't be likely to follow his orders. He grudgingly agrees to work with them when necessary.

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