A Dog of Flanders was written in 1872 by English author Marie Louise de la RamÃ e. Its about a dog named Patrasche who ends up living with an artist named Nello and his grandfather , Jeehan Daas . A Dog of Flanders is an 1872 novel by English author Marie Louise de la RamÃ e published with her pseudonym `` Ouida '' . It is about a Flemish boy named Nello and his dog Patrasche .