Dont get me wrong id be disapointed if i knew sommat was in abit of cover and the runner just danced about waiting for a busher. Got 100s of pics and videos of my old dogs breaking ice on lakes to fetch ducks and geese marking birds day and night catching rabbits in and out of gorse but ive never seen a lurcher do it aswell as a terrier and i dont like the thought of of a lurcher swimming and fetching stuff then spending the whole day between cold and running summertime its no issue but wintertime its asking for trouble.
also sometimes i dont want to take a running dog. Was out with