When is a lurcher not a lurcher??

[Simoman 110]

Now we all know that there are and have been reverse 3/4 of some crosses but at what point does the % become too diluted for the dog to stop becoming a lurcher?

 

For instance if you had a reverse 3/4 collie greyhound and mated it to a pure collie you would have a dog with an 8th greyhound, would you class this as a lurcher? Personally i wouldn't........

[Guest fence_hopper]

what would you class it as then simo, what if it was a 8th collie would you call that a lurcher?

[ianh 83]

surely that would make it more greyhound?

[ianh 83]

sorry realise i read that wrong

[bird 9,862]

well i was always told = 1/2 x lurcher, 1/4 ? 3/4 grey lurcher 3/8 ? 5/8 grey, lurcher, 1/8 ? 7/8 grey, longdog. And sight hound to sighthound = longdog.? So thats what i was told, prob somebody will say differnt.??

[chartpolski 23,104]

It's only my oppinion, but I think a dog must be at least 50% sight hound to be called a "Lurcher".

 

Bird; I know what you mean about "Lurchers" & "Longdogs", I have one of each, but they are usualy just refered to as "Lurchers" these days.

 

Cheers.

[Simoman 110]

Not sure there is a right and wrong answer, just personal opinion...........

[Guest fence_hopper]

useful.......

Edited September 22, 2010 by fence_hopper

[Simoman 110]

usfull.......

 

 

If your going to be sarcastic as least spell correctly, I'm after opinions, not another argumentative thread........

[Borat 8]

Surely if you talk about a 7/8 th's back crossing, for example 7/8 greyhound x 1/8 collie, it's around 90% greyhound (longdog ?) so you have bred the collie "out"..

[Simoman 110]

Surely if you talk about a 7/8 th's back crossing, for example 7/8 greyhound x 1/8 collie, it's around 90% greyhound (longdog ?) so you have bred the collie "out"..

 

Hi Borat, I think you misunderstood, I meant a reverse 3/4, so 3/4 collie, 1/4 greyhound put to a collie producing 7/8 collie 1/8 greyhound...........

[Guest fence_hopper]

usfull.......

 

 

If your going to be sarcastic as least spell correctly, I'm after opinions, not another argumentative thread........

 

 

i'm not after an argument. thats what i'd call it useful.

[Borat 8]

Surely if you talk about a 7/8 th's back crossing, for example 7/8 greyhound x 1/8 collie, it's around 90% greyhound (longdog ?) so you have bred the collie "out"..

 

Hi Borat, I think you misunderstood, I meant a reverse 3/4, so 3/4 collie, 1/4 greyhound put to a collie producing 7/8 collie 1/8 greyhound...........

 

 

Sorry Simoman, Well it wont be a "lurcher" as the greyhound is to all intent and purposes bred out.. So just a " 87 - 90% collie cur"..

[Kye 77]

Ive seen pure Collies and Pure Bulls that caught and hunted game,...and ive also seen 3/4 Greyhound 1/4 Somthing else NOT catch game....to me, the definition of a 'Lurcher' is "a dog that consistantly takes game"...of course you have the PROPER cross' that do that, but every now and then, you see a dog with little or NO sighthound blood in it, taking game frequently...and in certain terrain, these types are better than a running dog type....when the ground get hard with ice here, we use my mates Bull dog to hunt game at night....he takes game that is fast and bites back, a running dog would be crippled buy these condisions...

 

 

So, Si, i guess i would say, as long as the dog is catching game regular, i would call it a Lurcher mate...

[SEAN3513 7]

the definition of a lurcher is a Sighthound cross, often part Greyhound. Lurchers that are the result of a cross of two Sighthounds (i.e Greyhound and Deerhound) are called Longdogs.

 

so i would say anything less than 33% (1/3rd) sight hound it could no longer (technicaly) be called a lurcher.

 

just my opinion

 

great thread si