The "Lurcher"

[chartpolski 23,146]

Kye, you say your dog is NOT a Lurcher, but a Staghound..... My pup is a 1st cross Deer/Grey... theoreticaly she isn't a Lurcher, the Aussie's would call her a Staghound; here , we would call her a Longdog or Lurcher, what would you call her out there ?

 

Chjeers.

[mac1965 4]

charti ive had deerhoundy types , collie types still got them ,never had a terrier type, as in bred one or bought one as a pup,to me there should never be one type but they should be functional and do the work required as there no yard stick if they are not functional working dogs

I bought one in ; she is Beddy/Grey x Deer/Grey-Whippet/Grey, possibly the best allrounder I've had;

 

 

Cheers.

grand looking dog that is the tpe i remember as a lad .........wont be up to whins ,,standards but hey ....what is !!!!!

 

Ach !! That wee dog is a good 'un !! Who ever hates me wouldn't slate that dog ! She's 4 1/2 year old, taken EVRYTHING ! As good as a dog as you could have !

nice dog and doing the business for you, thats what its all about

hi,

is that one of them poachers pockets lurchers bred down from the puppy farm

[mexlad 189]

to me a lurcher is a companion first, doesnt need to be a super dog as long as it makes the owner happy. my dog is no super dog, standing at 22 tts, beddy whippet x collie grey, but i can go out on a good night and bring home twenty odd rabbits and a few big ones and i know that she will try her best at what ever is in front of her. i can go out during the day and she will hunt non stop, in and out the bushes all day long picking up pheasents etc and it gives me great pleasure to watch her. she will lie on the couch all day as if she was 12 year old, totally placid around people and other dogs and wouldnt look twice at a cat around the doors, but once out in the field turns into a different dog. thats what i like about lurchers and as some one mentioned before they are the 'ultimate canine'.

 

 

that will do for me

[Guest Arsenal F.C]

your write there never heard of long dog ,used much in scotland, more in south eastern counties, heard old boys saying hees a nice lercher dog or a long dog beacause of the long running back he had ,suffolk slang boy ,as they say a lercher dawg can ee catch hare thtas nintie one but they probaly called along dog a lercher to

 

Get your carer to apply for some help mate, not joking, but you are in need of help !

 

Cheers.

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Hes just saying mate

Edited April 15, 2010 by Arsenal F.C

[chartpolski 23,146]

charti ive had deerhoundy types , collie types still got them ,never had a terrier type, as in bred one or bought one as a pup,to me there should never be one type but they should be functional and do the work required as there no yard stick if they are not functional working dogs

I bought one in ; she is Beddy/Grey x Deer/Grey-Whippet/Grey, possibly the best allrounder I've had;

 

 

Cheers.

grand looking dog that is the tpe i remember as a lad .........wont be up to whins ,,standards but hey ....what is !!!!!

 

Ach !! That wee dog is a good 'un !! Who ever hates me wouldn't slate that dog ! She's 4 1/2 year old, taken EVRYTHING ! As good as a dog as you could have !

nice dog and doing the business for you, thats what its all about

hi,

is that one of them poachers pockets lurchers bred down from the puppy farm

 

No mate ; she is bred from Pat Blewitts dog, Flynn, (1st cros Beddy/Grey), and Gins bitch, Maegan, (Deer/Grey x Whippet/Grey). Don't try to link me or the breeders of this class dog with "puppy peddlers".

[mexlad 189]

charti ive had deerhoundy types , collie types still got them ,never had a terrier type, as in bred one or bought one as a pup,to me there should never be one type but they should be functional and do the work required as there no yard stick if they are not functional working dogs

I bought one in ; she is Beddy/Grey x Deer/Grey-Whippet/Grey, possibly the best allrounder I've had;

 

 

Cheers.

 

 

top dog that mate

[Kye 77]

The dog is a Staghound, but I call/use all my dogs "critter-gitters"..lol..I think he's just a good, honest dog, he has lost lots of speed, but seems to get harder as he ages, he is an all time favourite on my yard. In one night session, with Tiff's bitch (called Slag) her and my dog, Blister caught 3 cats, 5 raccoons, and a Coyote. Blister will also catch and carry rabbits alive to hand.

[Macsen 4]

Good thread chartpolski.

 

What is a lurcher?...I suppose that many people will have differing oppinions on what constitutes such a beast. For the definitive answer I suppose we have to look back in history to where the term 'lurcher' was first coined. E.G. Walsh's book 'lurchers and longdogs' is a good place to start, particularly chapter 2 'the lurcher in print' where he writes of the first appearance of the word 'lurcher' in a written document. A very informative and enjoyable book and a damn good read, along with many photographs and prints of the myriad different types of lurcher.

[whin 463]

a lurcher is adog that provides the dinner sport and pestcontrol a working dog that you dont need a gun yto hunt with unless working non leagal targets ,a lurcher should be and hopefully will always be a working dog nothing else and nothing more to catch carry , and feed the family neighbours , and to produce sport for guys etc , not a show dog, racing dog, a working dog first then a pet dog second alot of youse have forgot what a good lurcher can do if you care to stray and put valour first ,and food first ,

[loveless 3]

I think Plummer said it best ( and I'm para-phrasing him ) - an intentional cross between a sight hound and another breed of dog, to produce a pot-filling hunting dog.

 

Not a hare-courser, although they might.

 

Not a fox killer coz' I don't eat fox.(But they might be called to do so on occasion)

 

An all-rounder who will work with ferrets, lamp, work gorse like a spaniel, course the odd hare (but with cunning) and take a pheasant on the rise.

 

Plus a good mate!

Edited April 19, 2010 by loveless

[adamb20 22]

I think Plummer said it best ( and I'm para-phrasing him ) - an intentional cross between a sight hound and another breed of dog, to produce a pot-filling hunting dog.

 

Not a hare-courser, although they might.

 

Not a fox killer coz' I don't eat fox.(But they might be called to do so on occasion)

 

An all-rounder who will work with ferrets, lamp, work gorse like a spaniel, course the odd hare (but with cunning) and take a pheasant on the rise.

 

Plus a good mate!

Good anser totally agree with that.