Don't tell anybody in Richmond Park, but Matilda has discovered a secret passion: the herding of small deer!
She keep them in small groups, with just enough distance not to spook them and even attempted to get them through the gate into the enclosed pasture for the cattle. Being a Border Collie x Lurcher she has no 'collie stare' to hypnotize the deer, but she just charms them with her smile instead!
Well, I made half of this up! I was glad she came back when I whistled for her! However, I wish she showed just a little bit more ...fear of these lithe creatures, just like Ci the, now famous, Collie from Somerset, who was 'herded' by a gang of sheep...

Matilda: Could these eyes lie?
Merlin: Depends what they're looking at I should think...