Traditionally Deerhounds have the grey hair on their ears stripped back to the velvety-black under fur, but only one of Alfie's ears has been stripped, because, well, it hurt. Young Deerhounds can sometimes, depending on the individual, be quite destructive especially when they are not given sufficient exercise; however, the average adult Deerhound may want to spend most of the day stretched out on the floor or a couch, sleeping. The rest of the story is about Alfie surviving in the woods, making friends with two foxes, and finding his way home.

At under two-hundred pages, this is a fast and fun read with one of the best deer hounds ever written into a book. Find out about the animals in the story (Alfie – Deerhound, Sunset and Fixit – Foxes, Florence and Humbug – Cats).I've developed a technique of combining jute fabric with the resin, which gives my work a porosity and sense of fragility.

However, Jill continued working as a nanny until the publication of The Worst Witch Strikes Again prompted her to devote herself to full-time writing. Bernard Cribbins is well known as the voice of the Wombles, and for his hit singles such as Right Said Fred. Some other coat colours are documented in historical sources but have definitely been lost (Jödicke 1982). Initially, I think she was not enthusiastic, and me neither, as we didn't find the initial drawings of the dog with his different ear positions funny, and I was scared that this would be a silly, boring book.Luckily for Alfie he befriends two friendly foxes who have compassion on him and end up helping him learn the ways of the woods, and survive until his owner can find him. There was a moment when my daughters got a bit scared, namely when the dog was 'kidnapped' (in a relatively harmless way though, more lurked into a new ownership) by two guys who, as it turned out, needed a new dog to help them catch hares and foxes (! The dog cleverly mastered the situation though while keeping the promise he had once made to a cat that he would never again hunt cats or any other animals. They do require a stimulus, preferably another Deerhound, and a large area to exercise properly and frequently.