the old style lurcher

[Dan Edwards 1,134]

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

 

 

What a good lookin sumbitch.

[Dan Edwards 1,134]

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.

 

I would be very interested in seeing alot more of these type of dogs on here. I just dont think you can go wrong, even a splash of bulldog couldnt hurt in the mix but not much.

[foreplay 2]

imo an old type lurcher is a collie/droveing ker type crossed with a greyhound,rough or smooth.looks wouldnt come into it as anyone useing a lurcher years ago was poaching so the dog would not want to be a racy looking posey type,its as simale as that,

Edited February 3, 2010 by foreplay

[poacher3161 1,766]

I can only speak as i have seen in the area that i grew up in and not until the 70s 90pct of running dogs were whippets or grews and greyhounds with the odd beddy cross in the early 70s the deerhound lurcher was very popular and other rough coated types wich were all called lurchers and smooth coated dogs were still called grews despite their breeding.atb dell

[wild rover 548]

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

 

 

My old bich, long gone, the young man in the photo is now nearly 31, taken mid 's, good worker, good show, good family pet.

[comanche 2,919]

I suppose this is quite an old fashioned looking lurcher by todays standards.

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

Hell turbotyke

that dog is the sitting image of the best best lurcher i ever owned, bought from dennis brown when he lived in north yorkshire.my dog took everything from stoats to fallow

[turbotyke 62]

ye hes a very good dog too the best iv seen work (not just because i own him) he as a passion for hunting i would be the first to say if any of my dogs were shit im not kennel blind one bit. had a dog last year was thick a shit he went to a pet home no good for owt would not chase for toffee i will say thow i did buy him at 3 month so that didnt help i will always buy dogs at 8 weeks as a rule now but u live and learn i just had a litter of the dog in the pic because of the excel working strain atb turbotyke

[poacher3161 1,766]

ye hes a very good dog too the best iv seen work (not just because i own him) he as a passion for hunting i would be the first to say if any of my dogs were shit im not kennel blind one bit. had a dog last year was thick a shit he went to a pet home no good for owt would not chase for toffee i will say thow i did buy him at 3 month so that didnt help i will always buy dogs at 8 weeks as a rule now but u live and learn i just had a litter of the dog in the pic because of the excel working strain atb turbotyke

Who bred him if you dont mind me asking??Hes the double of a dog i had years ago whos other offspring used to be kept by a woman who had stables at aston in s.yorks in the 80s and i believe she kept the line going but has since moved.atb dell

[turbotyke 62]

my friend bread him his name is andy kirk i know he brought my dogs sire from a dog show as a pup i dont know about the dam thow ill have to ring him see if he knows the name of the people he brought the dogs off and ill let you know it would be nice if they are related to the dogs you are on about . atb jenna

[Bosun11 537]

I can only speak as i have seen in the area that i grew up in and not until the 70s 90pct of running dogs were whippets or grews and greyhounds with the odd beddy cross in the early 70s the deerhound lurcher was very popular and other rough coated types wich were all called lurchers and smooth coated dogs were still called grews despite their breeding.atb dell

 

Just what I was saying in my post Poach, different area's produced differing Lurcher types, dependent on what was around. When folk refer to the 'traditional' Lurcher as being herding bred, i'd always beg to differ. Yes, some of the first Lurchers in print were wrote about of this type of ancestry but who knows if that was just the type that belonged to the writers particular area???

 

Anyway's, good thred lads though it's hard to get past Dan Edwards avator!! Thank's Dan

Edited February 3, 2010 by Bosun11

[roady 0]

them old lurcher types were a hardy mix and many had a tough existance,no pampering back then.remember going to look at a dog for sale very early ,s with a mate.owner took us into the backyard no kennel to be seen,he opens the coalhouse us expecting atleast to to see a dog box,there on the coal heap was the dogs bed,saw some very good dogs from them days

[jackard 36]

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

 

 

nice type of lurcher mate

 

looks just like 1 i had years ago topper of a dog ( do all britsh quarry ) got him from a mate at 10 mths old never knew what was in him all i knew was he came from a man in boston linconshire , a man called john frost dont know the man but was supposed to have decent dogs ? dog died when he was five. RTA took him out

its john frost still about ?

 

atb jackard

[whippet 99 2,613]

I suppose this is quite an old fashioned looking lurcher by todays standards.

THE OWNER HHAS A HEAD LIKE MY MRS

[comanche 2,919]

I suppose this is quite an old fashioned looking lurcher by todays standards.

THE OWNER HHAS A HEAD LIKE MY MRS

Maybe she's my mate's long-lost twin sister . To be honest he normally stays home around the full moon but he did'nt want to miss the show .