The resulting works can be unsettling, haunting, beautiful but always subtly peppered with personality. While lost, the dog is befriended by 2 foxes who try (and ultimately succeed) to help him find his way back home. When Alfie's owner, Charlie, and his mother send Alfie to the dog-sitter's house when they go to a wedding, Alfie is so petrified that he runs away and gets lost. In outward appearance, the Scottish Deerhound is similar to the Greyhound, but larger and more heavily boned.

She is best known for the very popular Mr and Mrs Large picture books, which detail the domestic chaos of an elephant family.Meanwhile, Charlie doesn't know what to do - but one thing is for sure: he'll never stop looking for his dear hound. The Deerhound was in earlier times believed to be descended from old Gaelic hounds, and therefore closely related to the Irish Wolfhound, [3] it was in fact the major foundation breed in the late 19th century of the modern Irish Wolfhound. The illustrations are great, the information on deer hounds is adorable, the foxes are some of the nicest ones you'll ever meet in a book, and it won't take you long to devour this treasure.

Meanwhile, Charlie doesn’t know what to do – but one thing is for sure: he’ll never stop looking for his dear hound.We follow his adventures as he befriends a couple of foxes and tries to get back to his boy, Charlie. While not as fast as a Greyhound on a smooth, firm surface, once the going gets rough or heavy they can outrun a Greyhound. In coursing deer, a single Deerhound or a pair was brought as close as possible to red deer, then released to run one of them down by speed, which if successful would happen within a few minutes [4] — rarely were there successful sustained chases. He makes friends with a couple of foxes who teach him the basics of survival and whilst some of what happens might seem a little twee to those who're not fond of human thoughts and actions being attributed to animals it's going to be spot on for most of the target age group. Jill Murphy was born in London and attended the Ursuline Convent in Wimbledon which, together with the boarding school stories she enjoyed reading, provided much of the material and inspiration Miss Cackle's Academy in the The Worst Witch, which she started when she was 15.