The "Lurcher"

[chartpolski 23,734]

I started this thread with the best of intentions !! I did'nt want it to become a "Whin" is the know all thread!! I was asking about the "Lurcher" and how it was bred !! After all, the Lurcher has been going long before me, and I'm an old cvnt! So who has had the "old breeds" ?

 

Cheers.

[whin 463]

adam you hit it on the head go out and catch something and provide sport and food mate and one more bite bailiffes and police lol just jokeing only had one lurcher who bit and was areal gaurd dog ,most are canny natured

[bird 9,926]

Bird, you don't need to put that dog up as a good dog on this thread... I was asking a hypothetical question !! I know for a fact that your dog has done the business !

Cheers.

 

 

ok, still think colliexgreytype of dog . I have said before that most popular x was a colliexgreyx deerhoundxgrey in the 70s. And to be honest back then, that what i thought most lurchers were , of that x. you saw a few smaller types rough+smooth, but they were alot of x above more so than others.

[whin 463]

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

[poacher3161 1,766]

IMHO a lurcher in years gon by would have been bred out of dogs that were redily available and it makes me wonder especialy in industrial areas did the lurcher start getting more popular with the rise in popularity of greyhound raceing in the 1920s and spent greyhounds being more easily obtainable

[whin 463]

bird ye the collie type is or was the most popular but head to perth and keep going the deerhound type was more popular up there at one time mate , all the traveler guys and poachers liked a big old rough dog for a course or a bit veni years ago even the odd highland keper had abig rough deerhoundy type as dd the lairds etc

[riohog 5,708]

40 /50 years ago my memories of lurchers were ///collie deerhound rough coated dogs ,of varying sizes

[whin 463]

thanks flint nop i think a very good subject and the best one charti has putup for a while , i disagre with youmate in some respect but well thats only a opion i think if it does what you bred it to do then its alurcher, if its bred as apet well you can breed any dog as apet mate collie beagle whippet poodle , mate

[chartpolski 23,734]

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.

[whin 463]

well if thats the case any dog that looks greyhoundy could be one ,but would you walk out with any dog to catch the supper and the villages supper lol there should never have been a divide, but not so much up here , but there should had never been show lurcher, racing lurcher, and workng lurcher ,charto whats your defitnition of a lurcher

[riohog 5,708]

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 !!!!!

[lamping-lad 160]

I think a lurcher is a ruff coated mongaralized greyhound type dog that hunts and poaches for the pot the type you see running behind a gypsy wagon in old photos

[whin 463]

not a bad looking little dog, but rio hog what is a lurcher mate some pet or a working dog or whats your anser on it as i dont see much ansers, in what is alurcher or youse all forgot lol

[lamping-lad 160]

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.

very very nice dog

[weasle 1,119]

The beauty of a lurcher to me is its,Fluidity,It is a customized dog.If you like a breed of dog for what ever reason,even if in its pure state it would not suit you or your hunting country .It can be breed in to your lurcher,to the desired %.That X might not suit any one eles but then all a lurcher has to do is please its owner.