Bobtail
Since the comic happens in real time, it eventually became apparent that the Pattersons' first Old English Sheepdog, Farley, was starting to get fairly old. When he is fourteen years old (18 April 1995), Farley saves four-year-old April from drowning in a stream near the Patterson home. Farley cannot take the shock of the cold water or the exertion of saving April and dies of a heart attack.