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Riley (aka Hern III)

  If Riley was a person, he would be a laid back surfer dude. Riley was adopted from PAWS Cat City in Seattle in 2003. He is now 4 years old.

Riley had never lived with dogs before coming to Keymaster. The first thing Riley had to learn is that even though Danes are huge, they are really big babies. He was intimidated by PashN at first. Pash was desperate to meet him, so she laid very still upside down and slowly edged her face next to Riley. In that way, they achieved their first nose to nose contact and they've been buddies ever since.

Riley is our new puppy socializer. Mr. B is in his senior years and ready to hand off the job. We weren't sure how Riley would react to puppies and were surprised when he climbed right in the box with them when they were born to check them out! He has a special relationship with Envy, these friends are often caught snuggling together.

Riley's pseudonym, Hern III is in honor of my late aunt who had two orange tabbies also named Hern.

 Riley performs Super-Upside-Down-Stretchy Cat!!!

(held upside down, he always maintains this position)