the old style lurcher

[321charlie 5]

how do lads anyone out there with any pics of the old time lurcher just its sumthing you dont see much of thes days?

[turbotyke 62]

this is my turbo tyke every one says thats what a lurcher is supposed to look like

[Ideation 8,216]

I'd agree with that! Looks a bit like the 'Norfolk' type.

[cúagusgiorraí 57]

I saw a stuffed lurcher from the 1800's and it was smooth coated about 23 inches, fawn with a little brindle.

It certainly wasnt a "Greengrass" lurcher

[clarkybill 4]

turbotyke,have to agree with you there,good looking dog, i had the double of it 20yrs ago(greyhound/collie x greyhound/deerhound)best dog i ever had.

[Bosun11 537]

'Old style Lurcher', that is the question?

To most folk, this cungers up the Deerhound or Norfolk type, typical old gypsy type dogs...??

 

The thing is... there is no defined type for a Lurcher, no standard, never has and never should be!!

 

I've wrote on here before about this, what is defined by some as 'traditional' is probably way off the mark. I belive, that in days long ago, before the age of the motor car when everywhere was a damn sight more difficult to get to, folk of certain areas defined a Lurcher by one thing only, its field ability.

How it was created came about by what dogs were in the local area. No one told those folk a 'real' Lurcher was a Deerhound, Collie, Terrier or Gundog type, it was what was available, what did the job, when mated to a Greyhound or Whippet (again, whichever was local). Furthermore, i'm sure that once initial crosses were made, then it would be bred back to it's own type as much as possible, by nature of the type that kept 'em, would never want to draw too much attention and also, who would loan out their prized Collie, Deerhound etc to those type too!

If it looks like a Lurcher, then it is a Lurcher (as Stabs so simply put it) and bravo to that!!!!

 

So sorry to hijack this thred but i'd like to see some of those 'old style' Lurcher to Lurcher dogs and if possible, to find out a little about the breeding that went in to 'em too

[turbotyke 62]

turbotyke,have to agree with you there,good looking dog, i had the double of it 20yrs ago(greyhound/collie x greyhound/deerhound)best dog i ever had.

 

hes a cracking worker will do anything hes a collie whippet greyhound / whippet bedlington deerhound greyhound

thank you for ur comments jenna

[turbotyke 62]

bosun11 i agree with ur post but i was preffering to the old pouching type lurcher with mine as they would breed them not too look too much like a running dog like collie greyhounds

atb jenna

[firstrike 21]

My old mate used to run on some nice old fashioned types in the late 70s up until he got ill quite recent, He would walk down the backs when it had just got dark and just let the dogs hunt about and catch on there stealth.Top class pot fillers these dogs were, I will get some pics sorted..

[Bosun11 537]

My old mate used to run on some nice old fashioned types in the late 70s up until he got ill quite recent, He would walk down the backs when it had just got dark and just let the dogs hunt about and catch on there stealth.Top class pot fillers these dogs were, I will get some pics sorted..

 

Please do mate, great stuff

[firstrike 21]

Quote....'personaly i judge a lurcher to be, more by the way it behaves and goes about its work as opposed to its overall physical appearance.. same hear mate..

[lamping-lad 160]

Id say an old type lurcher is a line bred collie/grey that takes fur and feather for the pot

[pottyboots 1]

I had a greyhound lassie collie first cross late seventys, 28" best hare dog I ever had, same colour as lassie collie, broken coated, and would retreive everything it killed no matter how long the course, HAPPY DAYS

[BLUCHER 1]

One of the best working lurchers i ever saw, was a collie blooded dog that no way resembled peoples ideas of what a lurcher should look like. It was a distrusting shifty cur but believe me it would go ranging off on its own and always return with something for the pot. That was nearly 50 years ago, and i wish i had something out of that bloodline now.

[chewton 7]

Unfortunately times are different now. If your dog ranges off on his own and manages to avoid getting run over or shot by a farmer he'll probably get caught by the dog warden and held for ransom in the pound!