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I like the way you bring these ideas forward. I have a few recommendations however:


 * We don’t need a large variety of voles, mice, rats, etc. Probably just one rat would do, maybe a larger variety in some places.


 * In Mirkwood the Dwarves hear Wood-elven hunting parties with dogs baying, so yes it’s safe to assume at least some Elves hunted with hounds.


 * There’s also mention of cats in published sources. Besides thee cats of Queen Berúthiel, there’s another particularly interesting text:

“The ostler has a tipsy cat That plays a five-stringed fiddle; And up and down he runs his bow, Now squeaking high, now purring low, Now sawing in the middle.”

Though it’s probably not the most reliable source on cats’ behavior, if the people of Middle-earth made songs about cats they certainly existed.