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==Notable Scottish Deerhounds== [[File:England and Scotland 218.jpg|thumb|[[Sir Walter Scott]]'s Deerhound, [[Maida (dog)|Maida]], was included in his statue in [[Perth, Scotland]]]] * "Dusk": one of a couple (including "Dawn"), a wedding gift to the Danish writer [[Karen Blixen]] a.k.a. [[Isak Dinesen]] and her husband [[Bror von Blixen-Finecke]] during her years in Kenya, frequently referenced in Blixen's work<ref>{{cite book | first = Isak | last = Dinesen | title = Out of Africa| year= 1937 | publisher =| page = 308}}</ref> and letters,<ref>{{cite book | first = Isak | last = Dinesen | title = Letters from Africa, 1914β1931 | pages = 13, 14, 24, 45, 46, 48, 65, 80β82 | year =1981| publisher = | isbn=}}</ref> with whom she can be seen in several photos,<ref>{{cite book | first = Isak | last = Dinesen | title = Shadows on the Grass| year= 1960β1961 | pages= 58, 60}}</ref> and represented in the feature film ''[[Out of Africa (film)|Out of Africa]]''. * [[Maida (dog)|Maida]], [[Sir Walter Scott]]'s dog * [[Foxcliffe Hickory Wind]] * Tuck,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-17 |title=History of the Scottish Deerhound |url=https://deerhound.org/the-breed/history-of-the-scottish-deerhound/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=The Scottish Deerhound Club of America |language=en-US}}</ref> General George Custer had Deerhounds. His Deerhound, Tuck, was killed at Little Bighorn. Custer wrote of her, ββTuckβ regularly comes when I am writing, and lays her head on the desk, rooting up my hand with her long nose until I consent to stop and notice her. β
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