i decided to update this blog just in case anyone is looking. it's been 4 years since the last post. while it's hard to top anything with Penny in it, the sad news is that she became quite old (for a deerie) and passed on last October, just 5 weeks short of lucky 13 years old.

i thought i could not have another deerhound, her loss being especially painful, yet somehow it came to pass that i now have the magnificent (and goofy) Leo, aka Leonardo, Leopold, and, officially, Wildflower Ned of the Hill (aka wild Ned). he was born in the first Wildflower litter to Cari Bowe's Annice and Laura Studer's Ben, one of 8 wonderful puppies, and this happened three weeks before Penny passed on.

so, as of January, I now have DH number 6, Leo. he is rambunctious, huge (well, tall, not so wide), very sweet, and now 1/3 of a champion, having earned 5 points including a 3 point major. not bad for this first time handler and especially for Leo... he is joined in Berkeley by my friends Sally and Alan's Jasper, his littermate. first time there's been another DH in town in many, many moons.