The kennelmaid, walking briskly down the path, noticed a sleek black shape stretched out at the corner of one of the enclosures. Instantly she knew that it was the champion of Three Corners, the son of Champion Whately Winner and Champion Connemara Cutie, and the finest dog ever bred in Alisa Potts' kennels. A few seconds later she was inside the cage, kneeling beside him. He was, of course, extremely dead...