Zombiehunds are extremely stealthy. They approach silently, slinking out of the shadows. This describes Valdy's hunting technique rather well. He was indeed quite stealthy when hunting chipmunks and other rodents, a favorite pastime of his. Many a rodent died without even knowing who it was who had caught him.

Still, I think he is now in heaven and probably surveying the grounds of his magnificent schloss, high in the heavenly Alps, and trying to decide whether it should be roast duck tonight or pheasant under glass.