right the point im going to make is all about me, ive got two lurchers a whip x and a saluki x both 23inch, i mainly walk the fields and catch the odd bunny now im not as good as the 5 times a week hunter and 50, 60 or 70 catches but i enjoy keeping my dogs fit, eager, and the main thing happy, they are mostly a pet and i cant see a problem as the whip x was a rescue all skin a bone but hes had a hare or 2 and plenty of rabbs so hes had a good life entering his 11th year, now the only thing i would say pet owners with lurchers need to do is know more about the dogs and its good and bad faults